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334 blueprints available • 16 subcategories

Blueprints (334)

Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

by AstroIS

Vikings

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1
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Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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1
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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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4
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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

by AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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3
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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

by AstroIS

Middle Ages

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6
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

by AstroIS

Brass

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7
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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

by AstroIS

Bronze

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3
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Salt-Curing Meat for Preservation — Dry Salting Without Refrigeration

Salt-Curing Meat for Preservation — Dry Salting Without Refrigeration

by TheChefDK

Food & Agriculture

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Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

45
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Boiling Water in a Leaf over Direct Flame — Why Water Keeps the Vessel from Burning

Boiling Water in a Leaf over Direct Flame — Why Water Keeps the Vessel from Burning

by TheChefDK

Food & Agriculture

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Forging an Iron Fish Hook — Drawing, Bending, and Barbing Wire Stock

Forging an Iron Fish Hook — Drawing, Bending, and Barbing Wire Stock

by ForgeNO

Metalworking

40
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0
0
0
Striking Fire from Flint and Iron Pyrite — Spark-Based Fire Starting

Striking Fire from Flint and Iron Pyrite — Spark-Based Fire Starting

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

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0
0
0
Starting Fire with a Hand Drill — The Simplest Friction Fire Method

Starting Fire with a Hand Drill — The Simplest Friction Fire Method

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

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0
0
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Making a Bone Fish Gorge — The Oldest Fishing Device

Making a Bone Fish Gorge — The Oldest Fishing Device

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

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0
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Building a Carrying Frame (Pack Frame) — Wooden Backpack for Heavy Loads

Building a Carrying Frame (Pack Frame) — Wooden Backpack for Heavy Loads

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

46
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0
0
0
Making a Bone Toggle Fastener — The Earliest Button for Closing Garments

Making a Bone Toggle Fastener — The Earliest Button for Closing Garments

by TexFO

Prehistoric

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0
0
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Building a Prehistoric Smokehouse — Semi-Permanent Pole Frame for Meat and Fish Preservation

Building a Prehistoric Smokehouse — Semi-Permanent Pole Frame for Meat and Fish Preservation

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

32
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1
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Making Wooden Fire Tongs — Split-Stick Spring Tongs for Handling Hot Stones and Coals

Making Wooden Fire Tongs — Split-Stick Spring Tongs for Handling Hot Stones and Coals

by WoodyNO

Prehistoric

45
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0
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Carving a Stone Oil Lamp — Soapstone Fat Lamp with Wick Channel

Carving a Stone Oil Lamp — Soapstone Fat Lamp with Wick Channel

by SpartanNO

Prehistoric

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0
0
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Making Rope from Stinging Nettle Fibre — Plant Bast Extraction and Reverse Twist

Making Rope from Stinging Nettle Fibre — Plant Bast Extraction and Reverse Twist

by TexFO

Prehistoric

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