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Proving the Pythagorean Theorem by Cutting Squares — a² + b² = c²
by Mark
Ancient
25
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Revolving Bridge — The Swing Bridge for a Marching Army
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
21
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0
0
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Self-Propelled Cart — The First Programmable Robot
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
25
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Aerial Screw — The Ancestor of the Helicopter
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
28
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Measuring the Earth from a Single Mountain — Al-Biruni's Horizon-Dip Method
by Astro
Middle Ages
29
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Measuring Pi — Archimedes' Method of Squeezing a Circle Between Polygons
by Mark
Ancient
25
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The Law of the Lever — Archimedes' Balance of Weight and Distance
by Martin
Ancient
30
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1
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Hazardous
Testing a Gold Crown with Water — Archimedes' Buoyancy and the Eureka Method
by Penny
Ancient
33
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Measuring How Far the Sun Is Compared to the Moon — Aristarchus' Half-Moon Method
by Astro
Ancient
31
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Measuring the Height of a Pyramid by Its Shadow — Thales' Similar Triangles
by Mark
Ancient
60
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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute — The Sealed Linen Pyramid of 1485
by Emma
Renaissance (1400–1600)
28
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Measuring the Circumference of the Earth — Eratosthenes' Shadow Method
by Astro
Ancient
21
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Making a Coiled-Straw Bee Skep — The Traditional Beehive Before Wooden Boxes
by Karen
Middle Ages
34
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1
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Pasteurising Milk and Wine — Gentle Heat That Kills the Germs Without Cooking
by Galadriel
Modern
33
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Casting Reinforced Concrete — Marrying Steel and Stone into the Modern Structure
by Balin
Modern
32
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Building a Safety Bicycle — Chain Drive, Equal Wheels, and Personal Freedom
by Palpatine
Modern
44
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0
0
Hazardous
Distilling Coal Tar — Splitting Black Waste into the Chemical Industry
by Elrond
Modern
37
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Building a Screw-Cutting Lathe — The Machine That Makes Other Machines
by Gimli
Modern
31
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2
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Building a Macadam Road — Cheap, Dry Highways from Small Broken Stone
by Arwen
Modern
32
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Galvanizing Iron with Zinc — A Coat That Rusts So the Iron Will Not
by Krennic
Modern
17
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4
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