December 5, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the wealthy inventor, the Bard, the first steamboat, the paddle-powered Georgian warship, the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and what any of this has to do with turnips

November 3, 2022November 4, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the “Edinburgh & Leith Atmospheric War;” when rival concerns fought tooth and nail at the height of “Railway Mania,” for the right to build an improbable, vacuum-powered railway from Edinburgh to Leith