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Astronomy
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Blueprints (24)
Cutting and Polishing a Glass Prism — The Instrument That Splits White Light into Colours
by Penny
Astronomy
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Casting and Grinding a Speculum Metal Telescope Mirror — Newton's Reflecting Alloy
by Astro
Space
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Grinding a Glass Lens for a Telescope — Shaping Light with Abrasive and Patience
by Penny
Optics
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Building a Foucault Pendulum — Proving Earth Rotates with a Swinging Weight
by Astro
Space
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Building a Mariner's Sextant — The Instrument That Conquered the Oceans
by Astro
Sea
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Building a Universal Ring Dial — The Portable Brass Instrument That Tells Time by the Sun
by Astro
Astronomy
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Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder
by Astro
Archaeoastronomy
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Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North
by Astro
Space
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Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely
by Astro
Space
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Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements
by Astro
Ancient
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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses
by Astro
Space
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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere
by Astro
Metalworking
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Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris
by Astro
Middle Ages
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Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar
by Astro
Astronomy
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Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation
by Astro
Archaeoastronomy
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Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions
by Astro
Archaeoastronomy
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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe
by Astro
Space
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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System
by Astro
Renaissance (1400–1600)
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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument
by Astro
Astronomy
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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky
by Astro
Sea
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