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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

Ancient

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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

ni AstroIS

Space

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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

Metalworking

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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

Astronomy

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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

Archaeoastronomy

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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

Archaeoastronomy

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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

Space

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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

Astronomy

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5
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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

Sea

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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

Metalworking

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3
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Salt-Curing Meat for Preservation — Dry Salting Without Refrigeration

Salt-Curing Meat for Preservation — Dry Salting Without Refrigeration

ni TheChefDK

Food & Agriculture

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Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

Striking Fire with Flint and Steel — The Iron Age Upgrade to Fire Starting

ni ForgeNO

Fire Combustion

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Boiling Water in a Leaf over Direct Flame — Why Water Keeps the Vessel from Burning

Boiling Water in a Leaf over Direct Flame — Why Water Keeps the Vessel from Burning

ni TheChefDK

Wilderness

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Forging an Iron Fish Hook — Drawing, Bending, and Barbing Wire Stock

Forging an Iron Fish Hook — Drawing, Bending, and Barbing Wire Stock

ni ForgeNO

Metalworking

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Striking Fire from Flint and Iron Pyrite — Spark-Based Fire Starting

Striking Fire from Flint and Iron Pyrite — Spark-Based Fire Starting

ni SpartanNO

Survival

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Starting Fire with a Hand Drill — The Simplest Friction Fire Method

Starting Fire with a Hand Drill — The Simplest Friction Fire Method

ni SpartanNO

Bushcraft

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Making a Bone Fish Gorge — The Oldest Fishing Device

Making a Bone Fish Gorge — The Oldest Fishing Device

ni SpartanNO

Aquatic

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Building a Carrying Frame (Pack Frame) — Wooden Backpack for Heavy Loads

Building a Carrying Frame (Pack Frame) — Wooden Backpack for Heavy Loads

ni SpartanNO

Survival

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