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Hazardous
Building a Song Dynasty Fire Lance — The World's First Gunpowder Weapon
by Charlie
Ancient
77
1
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0
4
0
Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
by Astro
Metal
47
0
0
0
1
0
Hazardous
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
by Peter
Metal
46
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
by Astro
Modern
55
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
by Astro
Brass
68
0
0
0
0
0
Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder
by Astro
Middle Ages
55
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
by Astro
Ancient
826
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
75
1
0
0
2
0
Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
by Astro
Middle Ages
42
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
45
0
0
0
0
0
Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
66
0
0
0
1
0
Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
54
0
0
0
3
0
Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument
by Astro
Middle Ages
66
0
0
0
6
0
Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
by Astro
Brass
52
0
0
0
7
0
Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens
by Astro
Bronze
59
0
0
0
3
0
Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth
by Tex
Middle Ages
26
0
0
0
0
0
Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling
by Tex
Cleaning
51
0
0
0
0
0
Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre
by Tex
Middle Ages
37
0
0
0
0
0
Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears
by Tex
Middle Ages
64
0
0
0
1
0
Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain
by Tex
Middle Ages
61
0
0
0
2
0