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Volume 7 #15: Harnessing The Iron Horse: Railroad Locomotion In The 1632 Universe

Previous Harnessing The Iron Horse: Railroad Locomotion In The 1632 UniverseBy Iver P. CooperRailroading in 1632 CanonAt the first “cabinet meeting,” Mike Stearns says, “We got rail tracks leading most of the way from the mine to the power plant, but as far as I know there isn’t a locomotive anywhere around. We may have […]

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Volume 6 #14: Bouncing Back: Bringing Rubber to Grantville

Previous / NextBouncing Back: Bringing Rubber to GrantvilleIver P. CooperChemistry Professor Joe Schwarcz writes, “It’s hard to fight an effective war without rubber. Fan belts, gaskets, gas masks, and tires are critical to the war effort.” While he had modern warfare in mind, Grantville’s war machines—modified cars and trucks—need rubber to remain functional. In 1633, Quentin […]

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Volume 6 #2: Federico and Ginger

Previous / NextFederico and GingerIver P. CooperFederico Ballarino stopped his mule and studied the guards at the roadblock. They were too well uniformed to be brigands, but it wasn’t unheard of for a local lord to decide to boost his income by imposing a toll. Or even robbing travelers outright. Indeed, it was out of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 6 #5: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2

Previous / NextBuzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part 2Iver P. CooperTransplanting BeesThe European honey bee has been deliberately transported to regions outside its native range, notably North and South America, Australia and New Zealand, and Japan. There are obvious problems with shipping bees overseas on sailing ships. The voyages are long and there are […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #006

Welcome to our July 2024 issue. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of ContentsBjorn HasselerIntroductionMagdeburg Messenger (1632 Fiction)1. Passing Fair Virginia DeMarce2. From Cramps to Matrimony Terrry Howard3. Cassini Runs Home Robert E. Waters4. A Guest at the New Year Tim Sayeau5. Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe Part 2 Iver P. CooperNews & […]

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Grantville Gazette 5 #10: In Vitro Veritas

Previous / Next In Vitro Veritas:Glassmaking After The Ring Of FireIver P. CooperIn the early seventeenth century, there was already a vigorous international trade in glassware. The world center for glassmaking was in Venice, and the Venetians were most famous for tableware and glass mirrors made of the colorless cristallo. Germany and Bohemia were known for […]

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Grantville Gazette 4 #10: Drillers in Doublets

Previous / Next Drillers In DoubletsIver P. CooperI don’t want to be critical of coal mining, especially not where Mike Stearns can hear me. But the fact remains that coal has some serious disadvantages, both as a fossil fuel and as a source of organic chemicals.Extracting coal is labor-intensive; you have to dig shafts and […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 5 #7: Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe

Previous Buzz! Beekeeping in the 1632 Universe, Part IIver P. CooperHoney is the oldest sweetener; there is an eight thousand-year-old rock painting in Spain that shows someone climbing a tree to gather honey from a bee hive. By ancient Egyptian times, humans had learned to manage honey bee hives to ensure a reliable supply of […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 4 #4: The Birds of the Muses

PreviousAn Alexander Inheritance StoryAthensJanuary 21, 319 BCEThe cart bearing Melissa Hoffman and her precious cargo heaved up and down as the cart’s owner and driver bore down the dirt road to the port of Piraeus. From the back, there was an angry buzz, which slowly subsided.“Slower, you idiot!” she hissed. “You’ll wake them up!”The driver […]

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Volume 102 #4: Too Many Cooks

Previous / Nextby Virginia DeMarceGrantville, SoTFJuly, 1635“They’re gone,” Martha Brauerin said. “The old woman and the girl. For good, probably. She’s off to Magdeburg to live with relatives. The girl’s going to college. So—has anyone heard of a good opening? If you ask me, too many of the best employers are abandoning this town for […]

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Volume 102 #2: A Cloud of Beauty

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperFlorence, ItalyJuly, 1634“Today,” Pietro Rosetti wrote in his diary, “I will find out what Heaven smells like.”He reached for the chunk of opium he had purchased earlier that day and started chewing. * * *At first, Pietro was kept awake by a constant itch. Then at last he started to feel […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue 3 #5: Something Old, Something New: A Materials of Construction Survey

Previous Iver P. CooperWhat we can construct—whether it be a building, a boiler, or a toaster—and how well it performs its function depends on the materials incorporated into it. One of the effects of the Ring of Fire will be an ever-expanding palette of materials of construction for the engineer. Depending on their properties and […]

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Volume 98 #6: Industrial Alchemy, Part 6: Rare Earths and More

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperIn “Industrial Alchemy, Part 2: Inorganic Chemical Bestiary” (Grantville Gazette 25), I surveyed the sources and uses of most of the elements of the Periodic Table. However, there were some exceptions:Lanthanides: 15 elements (these, together with scandium, yttrium, and lutetium, are called “rare earth” elements).Actinides: 15 radioactive elements.Non-Metals: The noble gas […]

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Volume 94 #6: Propane, Butane, and Natural Gas in the 1632 Universe

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperIntroductionNatural gas and its components are important fuels in post-Ring of Fire Grantville. They also have other utilities. In this article, we will try to better characterize Grantville’s natural gas resource and the means by which propane and butane might be extracted from it and put to use.PropanePropane’s most glamorous […]

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Volume 96 #4: Tethered Balloons and Kites in the 1632 Universe, Part 2

Previous / Nextby Iver P. CooperIn part 1, we considered a variety of operational issues for tethered balloons and kites. Here, we will consider the strength and weight of tether materials available in the 1632 universe, possible tethering systems, and how to size the tethers for a particular balloon type and size. We will also […]

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Volume 93 #6: Life at Sea in the Old and New Time Lines Part 6: Lest You Drown

Life at Sea Part 6: Lest You DrownPrevious / Nextby Iver P. CooperOn Aug. 31, 1773, Samuel Johnson said, “No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.” In 1765, Wilkinson claimed […]

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1632 & Beyond Issue #002

Welcome to our November 2023 issue. We hope you enjoy it!NextIntroduction and Table of Contentsby Bjorn HasselerIntroduction by Bjorn HasselerThe Magdeburg Messenger (1632 fiction)Escape from Moscow by Gorg Huff and Paula GoodlettThe Frog in the Well by Sean LittleA Meeting in Midsummer: Part I by Marc TyrrellThe Matthew Grant Letters by George GrantAn Adventure in […]

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