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Comfrey Root Poultice — Knitbone, the Ancient Remedy for Sprains and Fractures
by Bob
Prehistoric
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Honey as a Wound Dressing — The Oldest Antimicrobial Medicine Known to Humanity
by Bob
Prehistoric
32
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3
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Plantain Leaf Poultice — The Universal Wound Herb Found on Every Continent
by Bob
Prehistoric
79
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1
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Chamomile Tea as Medicine — The Ancient Flower Infusion for Calm and Digestion
by Bob
Prehistoric
37
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Making a Silver Mirror by the Liebig Process — Depositing Metallic Silver on Glass
by Charlie
Metal
47
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Cutting and Polishing a Glass Prism — The Instrument That Splits White Light into Colours
by Penny
Optics
29
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Grinding a Glass Lens for a Telescope — Shaping Light with Abrasive and Patience
by Penny
Optics
46
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1
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Hazardous
Making Tin-Lead Solder — The Ancient Alloy That Joins Metals Without a Forge
by Peter
Metal
33
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Building a Foucault Pendulum — Proving Earth Rotates with a Swinging Weight
by Astro
Modern
74
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Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
by Astro
Modern
28
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Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
by Astro
Brass
46
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Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder
by Astro
Middle Ages
36
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Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North
by Astro
Egyptians
85
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Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
by Astro
Ancient
794
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Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements
by Astro
Astronomy
26
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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
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2
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
by Astro
Middle Ages
24
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Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
20
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Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar
by Astro
Vikings
38
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Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation
by Astro
Vikings
31
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