Anton Howes

Edinburgh

Contributor at Age of Invention by Anton Howes

Invention historian. I write *Age of Invention*, an email newsletter on the history of invention

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The Improving Mentality Pt II

6 days ago | ian-leslie.com | Ian Leslie |Anton Howes

I’m glad so many of you enjoyed my conversation with Anton on the causes of the Industrial Revolution. In this bonus episode we discuss why most of the action happened, not in London, but the provinces: Lancashire, Yorkshire, the Midlands. Anton offers his surprising explanation, and also tells us about his favourite forgotten genius. Enjoy!Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to The Ruffian to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
Age of Invention: Just Kiln Time

1 month ago | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to over 40,000 people. To stay tuned and support the project, subscribe here:I had a great question in response to the last post on how coal usage first expanded in late-sixteenth-century England.
Age of Invention: How Coal Really Won

Feb 12, 2025 | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to over 38,000 people.
Age of Invention: The Coal Conquest

Oct 3, 2024 | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to over 35,000 people. This is effectively the fourth instalment of this year’s special series on salt. To stay tuned and support the project, subscribe here:The series on salt has taken a lot longer than expected.
Age of Invention: The Coal Conquest

Oct 3, 2024 | open.substack.com | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to over 35,000 people. This is effectively the fourth instalment of this year’s special series on salt.
Age of Invention: The Dutch Salten Age

Jun 26, 2024 | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to 32,000 people. This is the third instalment of this year’s special, monthly series on unsung materials. To stay tuned and support the project, subscribe here:It’s difficult to appreciate salt’s historical significance because it’s now so abundant.
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part II

Apr 30, 2024 | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to over 30,000 people. This is the second instalment of this year’s special, monthly series on unsung materials. To stay tuned, subscribe here:In last month’s post I introduced the importance of salt.
Bernard's six-stack of substacks at 6:06 pm on Wednesday, April 10

Apr 9, 2024 | thekaka.substack.com | Bernard Hickey |Henry Cooke |Anton Howes

TL;DR: Six substacks that stood out to me in the last day:Explaining is winning for journalists wanting to regain trust, writes is his excellent substack. from highlights Aotearoa-NZ’s greenwashing problem in this weekly substack. writes about salt via his substack titled: The Second Soul, Part I reviews a whole bunch of electric cars via her substack post titled: Molly's EV Buying Guide, Part 2 covers the debate about MPs’ imminent pay decision after five frozen years.
Science will only end once we've licked all the objects in the universe

Mar 19, 2024 | experimental-history.com | Adam Mastroianni |Anton Howes

There’s an exquisite, painful joy in discovering someone who believes everything that you believe, except for one very important thing. Imagine two Christians meeting each other and finding that they share all the same dogma—God sent his only son to die for our sins, etc., except one of them thinks God’s only son was a guy named Jesus who lived in first-century Palestine, and the other one thinks God’s only son was a guy named Gary who lived in 1970s Poughkipsee.
Age of Invention: The Second Soul, Part I

Mar 7, 2024 | ageofinvention.xyz | Anton Howes

You’re reading Age of Invention, my newsletter on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and the history of innovation, which goes out to 28,000 people. This is the first instalment of this year’s special series on unsung materials. To stay tuned, subscribe here:Here’s a riddle. There was a product in the seventeenth century that was universally considered a necessity as important as grain and fuel.