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Index
Cover
Titlepage
Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Let’s Remake History
The ReMaking History Timeline
How This Book Is Organized
First Things First: Being Safe
Part 1: Ancient Times
Chapter 1: The Cave Dwellers of Lascaux and the Oil Lamp
Thagg and Grok Light Up the Night
Making an Olive Oil Lamp
The Wonder of Wicks
Chapter 2: Ptah-Hotep and the Bag Press
Building a Replica of the First Food Processor
Building an Ancient Egyptian Bag Press
Pressing On
Chapter 3: Ctesibius and the Siphon
The Jokester of Alexandria
Designing and Building a Tantalus Cup
Exploring Siphons with the Tantalus Cup
Chapter 4: Archimedes and the Water Screw
Re-creating the Invention That Made the Desert Bloom
The Genius of Archimedes’ Water Screw
Making a Water Screw Pump
Explorimenting with Your Water Screw
Chapter 5: Heron of Alexandria and the Gin Pole
You Can Lift Heavy Things
Heron’s Ancient Crane
Building a Gin Pole Crane
The Science of Lifting of Heavy Things
Part 2: The Hall of Medieval Makers
Chapter 6: The Medieval Blacksmith and the Oliver
Constructing the Big Hammer of the Middle Ages
Making a Model Oliver
The Smithy
Chapter 7: Levi ben Gershon and the Jacob’s Staff
The Rabbi Finds His Way
Laying Out a Jacob’s Staff
Assembling the Jacob’s Staff
Go West (or East) Young Man
Part 3: The Inventions of the Early Modern Scientists
Chapter 8: Dame Juliana Berners and the Fishing Lure
The Lure of Making Lures
Goin’ Fishin’
Making Your Own Fishing Lure
Making Your Lure
The Science of Hooking Fish
Chapter 9: Willebrord Snell and Triangulation
Measuring Long Distances by Using Triangles
Triangles: The Mapmaker’s Best Friend
Building a Circumferentor
Surveying the Modern World
Chapter 10: Otto von Guericke and the Vacuum Pump
Even Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Them Apart
Re-creating the Magdeburg Hemispheres
Vacuums Everywhere
The Inventor’s Workshop
The Workbench
Necessary Tools
Further Reading
Index
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