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Burning Limestone to Make Quicklime and Lime Plaster — The First Synthetic Building Material
by Clay
Ancient
63
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Making Fresh Cheese with Rennet — The 7,000-Year-Old Preservation Technique
by TheChef
Ancient
53
0
0
0
2
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Building a Copper Alembic Still — Islamic Golden Age Distillation
by Charlie
Middle Ages
48
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0
0
0
0
Firing Clay Bricks in a Clamp Kiln — The Building Block of Civilization
by Clay
Ancient
147
0
0
0
3
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Distilling Lavender Essential Oil — The Ancient Healer's Fragrant Antiseptic
by Bob
Distilling
45
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0
0
1
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Ash Glazing Pottery — The Accidental Discovery That Made Ceramics Waterproof
by Clay
Ancient
74
0
0
0
0
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Making Paper from Bark and Hemp — Cai Lun's Method That Changed Civilization
by Charlie
Ancient
67
0
0
0
1
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Shaping a Core-Formed Glass Vessel — The Oldest Glassworking Technique
by Charlie
Egyptians
90
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0
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2
0
Hazardous
Building Chinese Fire Arrows — The First Rockets in Human History
by Charlie
Ancient
138
0
0
0
1
0
Hazardous
Making Song Dynasty Fireworks — Bamboo Firecrackers and Ground Salutes
by Charlie
Ancient
69
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0
0
2
0
Hazardous
Building a Song Dynasty Fire Lance — The World's First Gunpowder Weapon
by Charlie
Ancient
107
1
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4
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Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
by Astro
Optics
95
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0
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1
0
Hazardous
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
by Peter
Ancient
56
0
0
0
3
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Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
by Astro
Modern
83
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0
0
0
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Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
76
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0
0
0
0
Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder
by Astro
Middle Ages
74
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
by Astro
Ancient
859
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
109
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
59
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0
0
0
0
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
64
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
82
0
0
0
1
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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
85
0
0
0
3
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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument
by Astro
Middle Ages
109
0
0
0
6
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
by Astro
Ancient
93
0
0
0
7
0
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