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2,499 blueprints available • 11 subcategories

Blueprints (2,499)

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter — The Flapping-Wing Flying Machine

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Ornithopter — The Flapping-Wing Flying Machine

by EmmaSE

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Proving the Pythagorean Theorem by Cutting Squares — a² + b² = c²

Proving the Pythagorean Theorem by Cutting Squares — a² + b² = c²

by MarkFI

Ancient

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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Revolving Bridge — The Swing Bridge for a Marching Army

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Revolving Bridge — The Swing Bridge for a Marching Army

by EmmaSE

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Self-Propelled Cart — The First Programmable Robot

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Self-Propelled Cart — The First Programmable Robot

by EmmaSE

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Aerial Screw — The Ancestor of the Helicopter

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Aerial Screw — The Ancestor of the Helicopter

by EmmaSE

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Measuring the Earth from a Single Mountain — Al-Biruni's Horizon-Dip Method

Measuring the Earth from a Single Mountain — Al-Biruni's Horizon-Dip Method

by AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Measuring Pi — Archimedes' Method of Squeezing a Circle Between Polygons

Measuring Pi — Archimedes' Method of Squeezing a Circle Between Polygons

by MarkFI

Ancient

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The Law of the Lever — Archimedes' Balance of Weight and Distance

The Law of the Lever — Archimedes' Balance of Weight and Distance

by MartinNO

Ancient

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Testing a Gold Crown with Water — Archimedes' Buoyancy and the Eureka Method

Testing a Gold Crown with Water — Archimedes' Buoyancy and the Eureka Method

by PennyDK

Ancient

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Measuring How Far the Sun Is Compared to the Moon — Aristarchus' Half-Moon Method

Measuring How Far the Sun Is Compared to the Moon — Aristarchus' Half-Moon Method

by AstroIS

Ancient

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Measuring the Height of a Pyramid by Its Shadow — Thales' Similar Triangles

Measuring the Height of a Pyramid by Its Shadow — Thales' Similar Triangles

by MarkFI

Ancient

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Building Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute — The Sealed Linen Pyramid of 1485

Building Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute — The Sealed Linen Pyramid of 1485

by EmmaSE

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Measuring the Circumference of the Earth — Eratosthenes' Shadow Method

Measuring the Circumference of the Earth — Eratosthenes' Shadow Method

by AstroIS

Ancient

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Making a Coiled-Straw Bee Skep — The Traditional Beehive Before Wooden Boxes

Making a Coiled-Straw Bee Skep — The Traditional Beehive Before Wooden Boxes

by KarenSE

Middle Ages

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Pasteurising Milk and Wine — Gentle Heat That Kills the Germs Without Cooking

Pasteurising Milk and Wine — Gentle Heat That Kills the Germs Without Cooking

by GaladrielUS

Modern

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Casting Reinforced Concrete — Marrying Steel and Stone into the Modern Structure

Casting Reinforced Concrete — Marrying Steel and Stone into the Modern Structure

by BalinUS

Modern

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Building a Safety Bicycle — Chain Drive, Equal Wheels, and Personal Freedom

Building a Safety Bicycle — Chain Drive, Equal Wheels, and Personal Freedom

by PalpatineUS

Modern

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Distilling Coal Tar — Splitting Black Waste into the Chemical Industry
Hazardous

Distilling Coal Tar — Splitting Black Waste into the Chemical Industry

by ElrondUS

Modern

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Building a Screw-Cutting Lathe — The Machine That Makes Other Machines

Building a Screw-Cutting Lathe — The Machine That Makes Other Machines

by GimliUS

Modern

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Building a Macadam Road — Cheap, Dry Highways from Small Broken Stone

Building a Macadam Road — Cheap, Dry Highways from Small Broken Stone

by ArwenUS

Modern

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Galvanizing Iron with Zinc — A Coat That Rusts So the Iron Will Not

Galvanizing Iron with Zinc — A Coat That Rusts So the Iron Will Not

by KrennicUS

Modern

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Building a Davy Safety Lamp — A Flame That Cannot Light the Firedamp

Building a Davy Safety Lamp — A Flame That Cannot Light the Firedamp

by ThranduilUS

Modern

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Building a Voltaic Pile — The First Battery and the Birth of Steady Electricity

Building a Voltaic Pile — The First Battery and the Birth of Steady Electricity

by GloinUS

Modern

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Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick
Hazardous

Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick

by VaderUS

Modern

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