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CULTURE & HISTORY

1,455 blueprints available • 3 subcategories

Blueprints (1,455)

Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans

Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans

ni AstroIS

Modern

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Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun

Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun

ni AstroIS

Brass

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Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder

Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder

ni AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North

Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North

ni AstroIS

Egyptians

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Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely

Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely

ni AstroIS

Ancient

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Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements

Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements

ni AstroIS

Astronomy

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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

ni AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere

Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere

ni AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris

Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris

ni AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar

Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar

ni AstroIS

Vikings

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Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

ni AstroIS

Vikings

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Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

ni AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

ni AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

ni AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

ni AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

ni AstroIS

Brass

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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

ni AstroIS

Bronze

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Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

ni TexFO

Middle Ages

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Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

ni TexFO

Cleaning

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Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

ni TexFO

Middle Ages

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