My name is Mike J Nagle. I have been creating political maps of the world related to the 1632/Ring of Fire series since December, 2016. Some of the maps show the political situation at the Time of the Ring of Fire; that is, on May 25, 1631. These maps are historically accurate for the Original […]
Why Airships Make Sense for France/Spain/England And why they make NO sense for the USE or The Airship FAQ v1.2 By Charles Prael Quite a few people (myself included) have brought up the question of “why doesn’t Grantville/the USE/etc. build airships?” This essay is an attempt to answer that question – as well as the […]
Recommended reading order for the 1632 series (aka the Ring of Fire series) By Eric Flint Updated from January 21, 2016 Skip to the Flowchart Whenever someone asks me “what’s the right order?” for reading the 1632 series, I’m always tempted to respond: “I have no idea. What’s the right order for studying the Thirty […]
Grantville has a public library, and each of the schools (high, middle, and elementary) has its own library. These libraries are modeled on those of Mannington, West Virginia, and if you can prove that one of the Mannington’s libraries had a particular book before May 2000, then Ed Board will assume that the comparable library […]
These photos show the shelves in the science and technology section of the Mannington Middle School Library (Dewey 500s and 600s). Each thumbnail links to a page showing a larger picture of the bookcase and a tabular listing of the books in the picture. Photos by Iver Cooper. Iver Cooper, the photographer and editor for […]
I’m going to give some information on methodology in this field for the late 16th century and early 17th century in Germany, both reliable and unreliable. The most reliable methods for ascertaining how widely village schools were distributed in Germany for, say, the period from 1530-1630, has to be done individual territory by individual territory […]
There are several things to be addressed in regard to the discussion of schools. The following represents my projections (1) First, we need to define what portion of the 1632-verse (i.e. what geographical entity) is being considered at any stage in our discussion. There are three options, for which the problems and solutions will necessarily […]
The stats for the “Las Vegas Belle” are as follows: Statistics Span: 33 ft. 6 in. Length: 28 ft. 7 in. Height: 8 ft. 8 in. Empty Weight: 1,250 lbs. Maximum Weight: 1,745 lbs. Fuel Capacity: 32 gals. Crew: 2 (side by side seating) Maximum Armament: […]
Summary Typhus is a louse-borne disease that killed about 1/3 of those infected, and malnutrition and disease made it worse. As almost everyone in the 17th century had lice and other insects as close personal companions, it spread easily where there was crowding of many people in close quarters – army camps were second only […]
Based on posts by Michael Barthelemy, Karen Bergstralh, Walter Bjorneby Rick Boatright, Walt Boyes, Jody Dorsett, Joe Ennis, Eric Flint, Thomas Hassan, John Leggett, Karl-Johan Noren, Pam (Pogo) Pogianni, and Charles Prael, with additional information from Laura Runkle. In all of the following, it’s important to remember that it’s possible to make any precision part […]