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640 blueprints available • 11 subcategories

Blueprints (640)

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

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

ni ArwenUS

Modern

27
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0
0
0
0
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

ni KrennicUS

Modern

16
0
0
0
4
0
Building a Davy Safety Lamp — A Flame That Cannot Light the Firedamp

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

ni ThranduilUS

Modern

19
0
0
0
0
0
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

ni GloinUS

Modern

27
0
0
0
0
0
Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick
Mapanganib

Making Friction Matches — Fire on the Strike of a Stick

ni VaderUS

Modern

24
0
0
0
0
0
Making a Daguerreotype — The First Practical Photograph, Drawn in Silver and Mercury
Mapanganib

Making a Daguerreotype — The First Practical Photograph, Drawn in Silver and Mercury

ni LegolasUS

Photography

25
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Newcomen Atmospheric Engine — The First Engine to Do Real Work

Building a Newcomen Atmospheric Engine — The First Engine to Do Real Work

ni DwalinUS

Modern

32
0
0
0
0
0
Crucible Cast Steel by the Huntsman Process — Remelting Blister Steel into Flawless Ingots

Crucible Cast Steel by the Huntsman Process — Remelting Blister Steel into Flawless Ingots

ni TarkinUS

Modern

21
0
0
0
0
0
Making Coal Gas for Lighting — The Gasworks That Lit the Nineteenth Century

Making Coal Gas for Lighting — The Gasworks That Lit the Nineteenth Century

ni GaladrielUS

Modern

31
0
0
0
0
0
Making Blister Steel by Cementation — Carburizing Wrought Iron into Steel

Making Blister Steel by Cementation — Carburizing Wrought Iron into Steel

ni BalinUS

Modern

35
0
0
0
1
0
Puddling Wrought Iron from Pig Iron — Burning Out the Carbon in a Reverberatory Furnace

Puddling Wrought Iron from Pig Iron — Burning Out the Carbon in a Reverberatory Furnace

ni PalpatineUS

Modern

28
0
0
0
3
0
Smelting Pig Iron in a Coke Blast Furnace — Molten Iron at Industrial Scale

Smelting Pig Iron in a Coke Blast Furnace — Molten Iron at Industrial Scale

ni ElrondUS

Modern

33
0
0
0
4
0
Making Coke from Coal — The Smokeless Fuel That Forged the Industrial Revolution
Mapanganib

Making Coke from Coal — The Smokeless Fuel That Forged the Industrial Revolution

ni GimliUS

Modern

36
0
0
0
2
0
Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism — The World's First Analog Computer

Understanding the Antikythera Mechanism — The World's First Analog Computer

ni EmmaSE

Ancient

68
0
0
0
0
0
Building an Archimedes' Screw — The Spiral Pump That Lifts Water Uphill

Building an Archimedes' Screw — The Spiral Pump That Lifts Water Uphill

ni EmmaSE

Ancient

28
0
0
0
2
0
Building Ctesibius' Force Pump — The First Double-Acting Piston Pump

Building Ctesibius' Force Pump — The First Double-Acting Piston Pump

ni EmmaSE

Ancient

53
0
0
0
3
0
Building a Heron's Automaton — A Self-Moving Theatrical Machine Powered by Falling Sand

Building a Heron's Automaton — A Self-Moving Theatrical Machine Powered by Falling Sand

ni EmmaSE

Ancient

33
0
0
0
0
0
Building an Aeolipile — Hero's Steam-Powered Spinning Sphere

Building an Aeolipile — Hero's Steam-Powered Spinning Sphere

ni PennyDK

Ancient

26
0
0
0
1
0
Building a Compound Pulley (Block and Tackle) — Archimedes' Force Multiplier

Building a Compound Pulley (Block and Tackle) — Archimedes' Force Multiplier

ni PennyDK

Ancient

34
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Roman Ballista — The Torsion-Powered Bolt Thrower

Building a Roman Ballista — The Torsion-Powered Bolt Thrower

ni EmmaSE

Romans

77
0
0
0
0
0