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133 blueprints available • 23 subcategories

Blueprints (133)

Building a Roman Concrete Dome — The Unreinforced Vault That Crowned the Pantheon

Building a Roman Concrete Dome — The Unreinforced Vault That Crowned the Pantheon

ni EmmaSE

Architecture

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Making Float Glass — Pilkington's Molten Tin Process That Windows Every Building on Earth

Making Float Glass — Pilkington's Molten Tin Process That Windows Every Building on Earth

ni CharlieDE

Modern

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Making Lead Crystal Glass — Ravenscroft's Brilliant Flint Glass
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Making Lead Crystal Glass — Ravenscroft's Brilliant Flint Glass

ni CharlieDE

CRAFT

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Making Venetian Cristallo — The Water-Clear Glass of Murano

Making Venetian Cristallo — The Water-Clear Glass of Murano

ni CharlieDE

Glassworking

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Making Roman Millefiori Glass — Fusing Mosaic Cane Slices into a Patterned Dish

Making Roman Millefiori Glass — Fusing Mosaic Cane Slices into a Patterned Dish

ni CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Casting a Glass Bowl in an Open Mold — Frit-Fusing the Oldest Hollow Glassware

Casting a Glass Bowl in an Open Mold — Frit-Fusing the Oldest Hollow Glassware

ni CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Preparing Mayan Xocolātl — The Bitter Cacao Drink of the Gods

Preparing Mayan Xocolātl — The Bitter Cacao Drink of the Gods

ni TheChefDK

FOOD & DRINKS

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The Berserker's Fly Agaric — How Amanita muscaria May Have Fuelled Viking Battle Rage
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The Berserker's Fly Agaric — How Amanita muscaria May Have Fuelled Viking Battle Rage

ni BobBE

History

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Wan Hu's Rocket Chair — The First Attempt at Human Rocket Flight
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Wan Hu's Rocket Chair — The First Attempt at Human Rocket Flight

ni CharlieDE

CULTURE & HISTORY

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Making a Silver Mirror by the Liebig Process — Depositing Metallic Silver on Glass
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Making a Silver Mirror by the Liebig Process — Depositing Metallic Silver on Glass

ni CharlieDE

Space

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Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
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Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge

ni PeterSE

Ancient

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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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Making Bakelite — The First Fully Synthetic Plastic That Launched the Age of Polymers
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Making Bakelite — The First Fully Synthetic Plastic That Launched the Age of Polymers

ni CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Synthesising Aspirin — The Reaction That Founded Modern Pharmaceuticals
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Synthesising Aspirin — The Reaction That Founded Modern Pharmaceuticals

ni CharlieDE

Medical

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Making Celluloid — The First Synthetic Plastic That Changed Everything
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Making Celluloid — The First Synthetic Plastic That Changed Everything

ni CharlieDE

Polymer

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Making Nitrocellulose (Guncotton) — The Nitration That Launched Smokeless Powder and Plastics
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Making Nitrocellulose (Guncotton) — The Nitration That Launched Smokeless Powder and Plastics

ni CharlieDE

Organic

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Vulcanizing Rubber with Sulfur — The Accidental Discovery That Put Tyres on the Road
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Vulcanizing Rubber with Sulfur — The Accidental Discovery That Put Tyres on the Road

ni CharlieDE

Industrial

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Making Portland Cement from Limestone and Clay — The Material That Built the Modern World
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Making Portland Cement from Limestone and Clay — The Material That Built the Modern World

ni CharlieDE

Industrial

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Electrolysis of Water — Splitting the Molecule That Fooled Chemistry for Centuries
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Electrolysis of Water — Splitting the Molecule That Fooled Chemistry for Centuries

ni CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Bleaching Powder — The Chlorine Chemistry That Made White Fabric Affordable
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Making Bleaching Powder — The Chlorine Chemistry That Made White Fabric Affordable

ni CharlieDE

Chemistry

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