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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter — The Flapping-Wing Flying Machine
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Aerial Screw — The Ancestor of the Helicopter
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
61
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Measuring Pi — Archimedes' Method of Squeezing a Circle Between Polygons
by Mark
Ancient
45
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The Law of the Lever — Archimedes' Balance of Weight and Distance
by Martin
Ancient
72
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Testing a Gold Crown with Water — Archimedes' Buoyancy and the Eureka Method
by Penny
Ancient
62
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute — The Sealed Linen Pyramid of 1485
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
45
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Hazardous
Making a Daguerreotype — The First Practical Photograph, Drawn in Silver and Mercury
by Legolas
Photography
53
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Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism — The World's First Analog Computer
by Emma
Ancient
185
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Building an Archimedes' Screw — The Spiral Pump That Lifts Water Uphill
by Emma
Ancient
83
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Building Ctesibius' Force Pump — The First Double-Acting Piston Pump
by Emma
Ancient
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Building a Heron's Automaton — A Self-Moving Theatrical Machine Powered by Falling Sand
by Emma
Ancient
63
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Building an Aeolipile — Hero's Steam-Powered Spinning Sphere
by Penny
Ancient
54
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Building a Compound Pulley (Block and Tackle) — Archimedes' Force Multiplier
by Penny
Ancient
109
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Building a Roman Ballista — The Torsion-Powered Bolt Thrower
by Emma
Romans
292
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Designing a Roman Bathhouse (Thermae) — The Engineering of Public Bathing
by Emma
Romans
61
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Building a Roman Stone Arch Bridge — Spanning Rivers with Voussoirs and Cofferdams
by Emma
Romans
71
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Carving a Lodestone Compass Spoon — China's Magnetic Direction Finder
by Penny
Ancient
47
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Hazardous
Making a Silver Mirror by the Liebig Process — Depositing Metallic Silver on Glass
by Charlie
Industrial
118
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Cutting and Polishing a Glass Prism — The Instrument That Splits White Light into Colours
by Penny
Optics
59
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Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
by Astro
Optics
95
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Grinding a Glass Lens for a Telescope — Shaping Light with Abrasive and Patience
by Penny
Optics
107
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Building a Foucault Pendulum — Proving Earth Rotates with a Swinging Weight
by Astro
Modern
132
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Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
by Astro
Modern
83
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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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