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431 blueprints available • 11 subcategories

Blueprints (431)

Building a Screw-Cutting Lathe — The Machine That Makes Other Machines

Building a Screw-Cutting Lathe — The Machine That Makes Other Machines

by GimliUS

Engineering

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Building a Macadam Road — Cheap, Dry Highways from Small Broken Stone

Building a Macadam Road — Cheap, Dry Highways from Small Broken Stone

by ArwenUS

Industrial

26
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0
0
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Galvanizing Iron with Zinc — A Coat That Rusts So the Iron Will Not

Galvanizing Iron with Zinc — A Coat That Rusts So the Iron Will Not

by KrennicUS

Metal

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0
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Building a Davy Safety Lamp — A Flame That Cannot Light the Firedamp

Building a Davy Safety Lamp — A Flame That Cannot Light the Firedamp

by ThranduilUS

Engineering

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0
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Building a Voltaic Pile — The First Battery and the Birth of Steady Electricity

Building a Voltaic Pile — The First Battery and the Birth of Steady Electricity

by GloinUS

Batteries

24
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Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick

Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick

by VaderUS

Industrial

23
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0
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Making a Daguerreotype — The First Practical Photograph, Drawn in Silver and Mercury
Hazardous

Making a Daguerreotype — The First Practical Photograph, Drawn in Silver and Mercury

by LegolasUS

Optics

24
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Building a Newcomen Atmospheric Engine — The First Engine to Do Real Work

Building a Newcomen Atmospheric Engine — The First Engine to Do Real Work

by DwalinUS

Engineering

29
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0
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Crucible Cast Steel by the Huntsman Process — Remelting Blister Steel into Flawless Ingots

Crucible Cast Steel by the Huntsman Process — Remelting Blister Steel into Flawless Ingots

by TarkinUS

Metalworking

20
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0
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Making Coal Gas for Lighting — The Gasworks That Lit the Nineteenth Century

Making Coal Gas for Lighting — The Gasworks That Lit the Nineteenth Century

by GaladrielUS

Lighting

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Making Blister Steel by Cementation — Carburizing Wrought Iron into Steel

Making Blister Steel by Cementation — Carburizing Wrought Iron into Steel

by BalinUS

Modern

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1
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Puddling Wrought Iron from Pig Iron — Burning Out the Carbon in a Reverberatory Furnace

Puddling Wrought Iron from Pig Iron — Burning Out the Carbon in a Reverberatory Furnace

by PalpatineUS

Chemistry

24
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3
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Smelting Pig Iron in a Coke Blast Furnace — Molten Iron at Industrial Scale

Smelting Pig Iron in a Coke Blast Furnace — Molten Iron at Industrial Scale

by ElrondUS

Metal

32
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4
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Making Coke from Coal — The Smokeless Fuel That Forged the Industrial Revolution

Making Coke from Coal — The Smokeless Fuel That Forged the Industrial Revolution

by GimliUS

Modern

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2
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Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism — The World's First Analog Computer

Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism — The World's First Analog Computer

by EmmaSE

Ancient

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Building an Archimedes' Screw — The Spiral Pump That Lifts Water Uphill

Building an Archimedes' Screw — The Spiral Pump That Lifts Water Uphill

by EmmaSE

Ancient

27
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1
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Building Ctesibius' Force Pump — The First Double-Acting Piston Pump

Building Ctesibius' Force Pump — The First Double-Acting Piston Pump

by EmmaSE

Pumps

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2
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Building a Heron's Automaton — A Self-Moving Theatrical Machine Powered by Falling Sand

Building a Heron's Automaton — A Self-Moving Theatrical Machine Powered by Falling Sand

by EmmaSE

Ancient

31
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0
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Building an Aeolipile — Hero's Steam-Powered Spinning Sphere

Building an Aeolipile — Hero's Steam-Powered Spinning Sphere

by PennyDK

Mechanics

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1
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Building a Compound Pulley (Block and Tackle) — Archimedes' Force Multiplier

Building a Compound Pulley (Block and Tackle) — Archimedes' Force Multiplier

by PennyDK

Ancient

33
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