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Blueprints (853)
Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
by Astro
Ancient
797
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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
45
1
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0
2
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
by Astro
Middle Ages
25
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
22
0
0
0
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0
Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
45
0
0
0
1
0
Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
28
0
0
0
3
0
Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument
by Astro
Middle Ages
40
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0
0
6
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
by Astro
Brass
29
0
0
0
7
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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens
by Astro
Bronze
28
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0
0
3
0
Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth
by Tex
Middle Ages
19
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0
0
0
0
Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling
by Tex
Cleaning
34
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0
0
0
0
Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre
by Tex
Middle Ages
25
0
0
0
0
0
Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears
by Tex
Middle Ages
48
0
0
0
1
0
Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain
by Tex
Middle Ages
31
0
0
0
2
0
Drawing Wire Through a Drawplate — Reducing Iron Rod to Fine Wire
by Forge
Metalworking
32
0
0
0
3
0
Carving and Printing a Woodblock — Relief Printing on Paper
by Woody
Papercraft
28
0
0
0
1
0
Casting a Pewter Spoon in a Soapstone Mould — Low-Temperature Metal Casting
by Forge
Metal
27
0
0
0
0
0
Making Rope on a Ropemaking Machine — Twisted Three-Strand Hemp Rope
by Tex
Ropeworking
33
0
0
0
0
0
Binding a Coptic Stitch Journal — Exposed-Spine Chain Stitch Bookbinding
by Tex
Papercraft
36
0
0
0
0
0
Making Paper from Linen Rags — European Hand Papermaking
by Tex
Papercraft
47
0
0
0
2
0