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.

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Postblogging Technology, November 1947, I: Warmongering

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R_.C_., Vancouver, Canada. Dear Sir: You'll pardon me if I'm not my usual, chatty self, as I've just had the news that...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, IV: Harness Racing, Equestrianship, Oxhide Ingots and Coins

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Olives are the definition of the Mediterranean diet. They also need to be cured in salt or  lye.  This isn't very relevant to this po...
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Friday, December 15, 2017

A Technical Appendix to Postblogging, October, II, with Segue to the Early Iron Age Rebirth of the State: Axial Compressors, Smelting and Bullion

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In October of 1947, the owners of one of the first industrial axial compressors ever built, donated it to the Science Museum, Kensington, L...
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

Postblogging Technology, October 1947, II: Queen of the Seas

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R_. C_., Vancouver, Canada Dear Sir: I've sent along a thank you note through the post, but I that's not enou...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, III: Folk of Bronze and Iron

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Kaywoodie Pipes, by S. P. Franks. This link has more details, at least as long as it lasts. Call this an evidence-marshalling post, co...
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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Postblogging Technology, October 1947, I: The Farmer Feeds Them All

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R_. C_. Vancouver, Canada Dearest Uncle: You write to ask how I am settling in here in the Tall Trees, and to inquire after my f...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

The Early Iron Age Revival of the State, II: How Far Can We Go? Collapses and Populations

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This material largely revisits earlier discussions, but if I restate, I hope that I do so more clearly, and lay down the cards upon which I...
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