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The Magdeburg Hemispheres

12/18/2012

Make an impressively effective low-tech vacuum pump.

12/18/2012

Surprisingly simple PVC pipe speakers are clear shining performers.

12/18/2012

I have long been enamored of catapults. Invented around 400 B.C., they were used until nearly A.D. 1300. So for...

12/18/2012

In Africa, Europe, and China, field scientists have uncovered the fossilized remains of campfire-charred bones so old that they likely...

12/18/2012

Carl von Linde was dead tired. The eminent engineer, considered the father of the modern refrigerator, had just returned to...

12/18/2012

The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here are complete plans for building and operating a two-cylinder model...

12/18/2012

In the summer of 1860, the Second Opium War was reaching its climax. Three years earlier, Britain and France had...

12/18/2012

Devices that demonstrate true chaotic behavior (in a strict mathematical sense) are rare. Even rarer are chaotic devices that are...

12/18/2012

Sometimes nothing is as important as perspective. My goal in photography is often to find a view no one else...

12/18/2012

Fiery devices have always fascinated me. From Jam Jar Jets (MAKE Volume 05) to Fire Pistons (Volume 19) to Faux...