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Blueprints (1,293)

Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder

Building an Arab Kamal — The Indian Ocean Navigator's Latitude Finder

ngu-AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North

Building a Merkhet — The Egyptian Star Transit Instrument for Finding True North

ngu-AstroIS

Egyptians

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Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely

Building a Camera Obscura — Projecting the Sun and Eclipses Safely

ngu-AstroIS

Ancient

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Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements

Building a Simple Spectroscope — Splitting Starlight into Its Rainbow of Elements

ngu-AstroIS

Astronomy

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Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

Building a Newtonian Reflecting Telescope — Mirrors Instead of Lenses

ngu-AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere

Building a Celestial Globe — Mapping the Stars on a Sphere

ngu-AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris

Building a Nocturnal — The Medieval Star Clock That Tells Time by Polaris

ngu-AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar

Using a Viking Sunstone — Navigating by Polarized Skylight with Iceland Spar

ngu-AstroIS

Vikings

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Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

Preparing a Viking Sunstone — Selecting and Cleaving Optical Calcite for Navigation

ngu-AstroIS

Vikings

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Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

Building a Mural Quadrant — The Wall-Mounted Instrument for Precise Star Positions

ngu-AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

Building a Galilean Telescope — The Instrument That Changed Our View of the Universe

ngu-AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

Building a Copernican Orrery — A Mechanical Model of the Heliocentric Solar System

ngu-AstroIS

Renaissance (1400–1600)

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Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

Building a Cross-Staff — The Medieval Navigator's Angle-Measuring Instrument

ngu-AstroIS

Middle Ages

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Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

Building a Brass Astrolabe — The Islamic Golden Age Instrument That Mapped the Sky

ngu-AstroIS

Brass

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Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

Building a Chinese Armillary Sphere — The Bronze Instrument That Mapped the Heavens

ngu-AstroIS

Bronze

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Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

Warping a Treadle Loom — Measuring, Beaming, and Threading Warp for Broadcloth

ngu-TexFO

Middle Ages

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Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

Burling and Mending Woven Cloth — Cleaning and Repairing Fabric Before Fulling

ngu-TexFO

Cleaning

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Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

Pressing Broadcloth in a Screw Press — Hot and Cold Finishing for Lustre

ngu-TexFO

Middle Ages

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Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears

Raising the Nap and Shearing Woolen Cloth — Teasel Napping and Cropping Shears

ngu-TexFO

Middle Ages

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Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain

Tentering Cloth on a Frame — Stretching Fulled Wool to Set Width and Grain

ngu-TexFO

Middle Ages

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