On Gravel.
Spencer Wright on the National Forest System's staggering quantity of unpaved roads.
Spencer Wright
Spencer Wright is the (mostly accidental) founder of Scope of Work, which he started writing (as The Prepared) in 2013. Today he serves as its editor-in-chief and chief dilettante.
Notes, 2023-08-14
Spencer Wright on workshop time with kids.
2023-Q2 Report
On Hevea.
How the Brazilian rubber tree made Manaus – and then left it behind.
On Naphtha
How naphtha -- one of the first fossil fuel derivatives ever made -- played a key role in the commercialization of rubber.
On Vulcanization
On Charles Goodyear and the unlikely discovery of the vulcanization process.