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Blueprints (1,508)
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
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Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar
by Astro
Vikings
49
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1
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Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation
by Astro
Vikings
51
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Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
67
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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
59
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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
54
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3
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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument
by Astro
Middle Ages
67
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6
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
by Astro
Brass
53
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7
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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens
by Astro
Bronze
61
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3
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Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth
by Tex
Middle Ages
29
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Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling
by Tex
Cleaning
51
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Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre
by Tex
Middle Ages
38
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Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears
by Tex
Middle Ages
64
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Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain
by Tex
Middle Ages
63
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Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire
by Forge
Metalworking
48
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3
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Carving and Printing a Woodblock — Relief Printing on Paper
by Woody
Papercraft
45
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1
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Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting
by Forge
Metal
43
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Making Rope on a Ropemaking Machine — Twisted Three-Strand Hemp Rope
by Tex
Ropeworking
47
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Binding a Coptic Stitch Journal — Exposed-Spine Chain Stitch Bookbinding
by Tex
Papercraft
51
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Making Paper from Linen Rags — European Hand Papermaking
by Tex
Papercraft
76
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2
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