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Making Fresh Cheese with Rennet — The 7,000-Year-Old Preservation Technique
ni TheChef
Ancient
23
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0
2
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Building a Copper Alembic Still — Islamic Golden Age Distillation
ni Charlie
Middle Ages
14
0
0
0
0
0
Firing Clay Bricks in a Clamp Kiln — The Building Block of Civilization
ni Clay
Ancient
67
0
0
0
2
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Distilling Lavender Essential Oil — The Ancient Healer's Fragrant Antiseptic
ni Bob
Distilling
23
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0
0
1
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Ash Glazing Pottery — The Accidental Discovery That Made Ceramics Waterproof
ni Clay
Ancient
25
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0
0
0
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Making Paper from Bark and Hemp — Cai Lun's Method That Changed Civilization
ni Charlie
Ancient
22
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0
0
1
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Core-Formed Glass Vessel — Ancient Glass Technique
ni Charlie
Egyptians
41
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0
0
2
0
Mapanganib
Building Chinese Fire Arrows — The First Rockets in Human History
ni Charlie
Ancient
54
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0
0
1
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Mapanganib
Making Song Dynasty Fireworks — Bamboo Firecrackers and Ground Salutes
ni Charlie
Ancient
26
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0
0
2
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Mapanganib
Building a Song Dynasty Fire Lance — The World's First Gunpowder Weapon
ni Charlie
Ancient
47
1
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4
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Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
ni Astro
Metal
36
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0
0
1
0
Mapanganib
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
ni Peter
Metal
30
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0
0
0
0
Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
ni Astro
Modern
23
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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
ni Astro
Brass
41
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0
0
0
0
Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder
ni Astro
Middle Ages
34
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0
0
0
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Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
ni Astro
Ancient
133
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0
0
0
0
Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
ni Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
33
1
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0
2
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
ni Astro
Middle Ages
23
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0
0
0
0
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
ni Astro
Middle Ages
15
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0
0
0
0
Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
ni Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
39
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0
0
1
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