Bench Grass

Bench Grass is a blog about the history of technology by the former student of a student of Lynn White. The main focus is a month-by-month retrospective series, covering the technology news, broadly construed, of seventy years ago, framed by fictional narrators. The author is Erik Lund, an "independent scholar" in Vancouver, British Columbia. Last post will be 24 July 2039.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Liveblogging 1939, August, I: Technical Appendix: Stooping to Conquer

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According to the 12th Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the edition that actually was what the Eleventh Edition is often claimed to be...
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Monday, September 2, 2013

Postblogging 1939, August, I: In a Pickle

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Source : Originally from Air Enthusiast no. 124 My Dearest Reggie: Thanks for yours of Friday last. With your purchases, that po...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Postblogging July, 1939, II: A Technical Appendix: Freakin' Like It's 1939 (Edited)

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Edit: Made it better by making fun of people. Original Industrial Aviation image drawn by Reynold Brown and hosted by Randy Wilson . T...
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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Postblogging 1939, July, II: "A guy could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff"

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My Dearest Reggie: Secrets do sometimes travel fast. Or, sometimes, they take a year or more to emerge.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Postblogging 1939, July, 1, Technical Appendix: The Sky's the Limit

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Not the Nemean Lion: A Napier Sea Lion, posted at Enginehistory.org by New Zealand's own Bill Bishop And just by way of contrast...
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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Postblogging 1939: July, 1939, I: Two Speeds

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Per Wikipedia My Dearest Reggie: I am heartily glad to hear by wire that this letter will find you home and healthy in Vancou...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Old Europe: God Speed the Plough

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From blueridgegenealogy.com .  The question being, when did Americans decide that " going down in the river to pray " wa...
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