A
adhesion, relationship to wicks, 17
adhesive tape, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
air pressure, relationship to vacuum pump, 109
air-dry clays, sing with covered lamps, 11
Alexandria
Heron of, 48
angles
measuring with circumferentor, 102–104
measuring with Jacob’s staff, 79
measuring with theodolite, 105
triangulating, 100
anvils, described, 59
aqueduct, building of, 30
assembly diagrams. See also diagrams
bag presses, 24
covered lamp, 13
fishing lure, 89
Jacob’s staff, 75
Magdeburg hemispheres, 111
B
bag, preparing for bag press, 23
bag presses
assembly diagram, 24
bracing triangles, 25
choosing wood for, 23
comparing to oil lamp, 26
completing and operating, 25
explaining, 27
frame and flanges, 25
materials and tools, 22
operation of, 21
band saw, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
barbed hooks, using with fishing lures, 92
baseline, measuring, 99
bellows, described, 59
belt sander, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
ben Gershon, Levi, 72
blacksmiths
fireplace used by, 69
tools of, 59
block and tackle, mechanics of, 55–56
The Boke of Saint Albans, 86
Book about the Lifting of Heavy Things, 55
brushes and files, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
Buel, J. T., 88
C
cake pans
attempting to pull apart, 114
cellulose, lipophilic quality of, 17
chain model theory, 31
circle, calculating area of, 110
circumferentor. See also triangulation
block and aiming sights, 104
diagram, 102
materials and tools, 103
clamps, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
cleats, attaching for gin pole crane, 51
cloth tube, squeezing ends of, 26
cohesion, relationship to wicks, 17
coiled lamp. See covered lamp
combustion zones in oil lamps, 16
Copernicus, Nicholas, 82
cord or rope, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
cordless drill, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 120
cosines, law of, 97
covered lamp
assembly diagram, 13
comparing to saucer lamp, 12
materials, 11
safety note, 14
cranes
invention of, 48
materials and tools, 50
windlass, 49
cross-staff, invention of, 72–73
cutters and mat, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
D
dead reckoning, 72
diagrams. See also assembly diagrams
gin pole crane, 51
Wringing Out the Science, 26
diameter of circle, calculating, 110
digital multimeter, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
drill and drill bits, using with bag press, 22
drill press, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
drills, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 120
duct tape, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
E
earth, determining size of, 96
Egypt
city of Memphis, 20
“Old Kingdom,” 20
electric drill
using with bag press, 22
using with circumferentor, 103
using with Jacob’s staff, 74
using with Tantalus Cup, 33
using with vacuum pump, 110
electrical tape, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
engibita, 32
engineers, Heron of Alexandria, 48
ephemeris, using with Jacob’s staff, 80
epoxy, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
Eratosthenes, 96
F
files and brushes
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
using with Tantalus Cup, 33
fishing lures, 86
assembling, 91
assembly diagram, 89
barbed hooks, 92
material properties, 92
materials and tools, 88
preparing spoon for, 90
techniques for making, 93
fly lures, explained, 87
forge, described, 59
forged fishing hooks, properties of, 93
G
Galilei, Galileo, 82
gin pole crane
adding guy lines to, 52
attaching cleats, 51
diagram, 51
hoist attached to, 52
staking, 53
using, 54
glue, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
graphite lubricant, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
grinder
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
using with fishing lure, 88
guy lines, attaching to gin pole, 52
H
hacksaw
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 118
using with fishing lure, 88
using with Tantalus Cup, 33
hammers. See also lift hammer; Oliver hammer
described, 59
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 118
using with gin pole, 50
handsaw, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 118
heat-shrink tubing, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
heavy things, lifting, 48–49, 55–56
Heron of Alexandria, 48
books by, 55
contrasting to Ctesibius, 49
hoist, attaching to gin pole crane, 52
Holland, triangulation of, 97
horses pulling against vacuum, 109–110
hydraulic inventions, 32
I
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 82
ink markers, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
inventor’s workshop
supplies, 122
workbench, 117
J
Jacob’s staff
assembled version of, 77
marking latitude scale, 76
materials and tools, 74
using ephemeris with, 80
jig lures, explained, 87
juice, extraction from grapes, 21
L
lamps. See also wicks
African and Middle Eastern types, 8
components of, 15
importance to cave-dwellers, 7
Roman type, 8
Lascaux cave painting, 6
latitude scale, marking for Jacob’s staff, 76
lift hammer, invention of, 62–63. See also hammers; Oliver hammer
lifting device, invention of, 48
lipophilic quality of cellulose, 17
liquid cohesion, 31
lures
fly type, 87
jigs, 87
making, 87
plugs, 87
types, 87
M
machine, defined, 26
Magdeburg hemispheres, 108. See also vacuum pump
assembly diagram, 111
attaching knobs to cake pans, 111–112
paper sealing gasket, 112
magnifying lens, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 120
mapmaking. See triangulation
markers, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
materials
bag presses, 22
circumferentor, 103
covered lamp, 11
cranes, 50
fishing lures, 88
Jacob’s staff, 74
olive oil lamps, 9
Oliver hammer, 65
Tantalus Cup, 33
vacuum pump, 110
water screws, 43
mathematicians
Archimedes, 40
The Maxims of Ptah-Hotep, 20
measuring tools, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
Memphis, Egypt, 20
mixing equipment, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
molecules, attraction in liquids, 16–17
multimeter, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
N
nails, medieval versus contemporary, 62
navigation
cross-staff used for, 73
dead reckoning, 72
Newton, Isaac, 82
Nile River, 20
North Star, 78
NPT (National Pipe Thread taper), 22
O
oil
early sources of, 7
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
oil lamps
combustion zones, 16
comparing to bag presses, 26
flame and wick, 16
improving finish of, 15
lighting, 14
pyrolizing zone, 16
“Old Kingdom” of Egypt, 20
olive oil lamps
materials, 9
uses of, 8
olive trees, cultivation of, 7–8
Oliver hammer. See also hammers
materials, 65
pipe threads, 65
records of, 64
replica, 69
P
pencils, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
petroleum, early use of, 7
pipe threads, using with Oliver hammer, 65
pipe wrenches, using with Oliver hammer, 65
pliers, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
plug lures, explained, 87
pneumatics, explained, 30
Polaris, 78
Polo, Marco, 7
press, making for bag press, 24–25
propane torches, safety notes, 37
protractor, using with Jacob’s staff, 74
Ptah-Hotep
mastaba of, 20
wine making in time of, 21
pump, using water screw with, 42–45
PVC pipe, using with water screw pump, 43
pyrolizing zone in oil lamps, 16
R
radius of circle, calculating, 110
rags, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
rope or cord, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
“running down a latitude,” 72–73
S
safety equipment, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119–120
safety glasses, using with fishing lure, 88
safety notes
covered lamp, 14
propane torches, 37
sailing. See navigation
sandpaper, using with fishing lure, 88
sandpaper, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
Saqqara, 20
saucer lamp
comparing to covered lamp, 12
saw
using with gin pole, 50
using with Jacob’s staff, 74
scale, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 120
scissors
using with vacuum pump, 110
screwdrivers
keeping in inventor’s workshop, 118
using with Jacob’s staff, 74
using with Oliver hammer, 65
using with water screw pump, 43
scroll saw, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
sea navigation. See navigation
shadouf lifting device, 48
shooting an angle, explained, 99–100
shovel, using with gin pole, 50
siphon. See also Tantalus Cup
cup assembly, 35
filing opening for, 35
glass tube method, 36
invention of, 30
making for Tantalus Cup, 34–36
mechanics of, 31
plastic bottle method, 34
plastic tube method, 36
sledgehammer, using with gin pole, 50
smith, defined, 59
smithy, explained, 69
socket and wrench set, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
Socrates, 8
soldering iron, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 120
Sophocles, 8
spoon lures
preparing for use, 90
steel punch, using with fishing lure, 88
Stone Age, 6
string or twine, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
supplies, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
surface tension, relationship to wicks, 16–17
swages, described, 59
swape lifting device, 48
T
table saw, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 121
Tantalus Cup. See also siphon
legend, 37
materials and tools, 33
tape, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
theodolite, 105
tongs, described, 59
tools
bag presses, 22
band saw, 121
belt sander, 121
clamps, 119
cranes, 50
cutters and mat, 119
digital multimeter, 121
drills and drill presses, 120–121
files and brushes, 119
grinder, 121
hacksaw, 118
hammers, 118
handsaw, 118
Jacob’s staff, 74
magnifying lens, 120
measuring tools, 119
mixing equipment, 119
pliers, 119
scale, 120
screwdrivers, 118
scroll saw, 121
socket and wrench set, 119
soldering iron, 120
table saw, 121
Tantalus Cup, 33
volume measuring equipment, 119
torsional force, explained, 26
towels, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 85–86
triangulation. See also circumferentor
explained, 97
trigonometry, meaning of, 97
twine or string, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
V
vacuum
pulling, 113
releasing, 114
vacuum pump. See also Magdeburg hemispheres
invention of, 108
materials and tools, 110
vending machine, invention of, 49
Vitruvius, Marcus, 45
volume measuring equipment, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
von Guericke, Otto, 108
W
water screws
explorimenting with, 45
invention of, 40
materials, 43
operating, 45
whale blubber, use as fuel, 7
wicks. See also lamps
adhesion, 17
cohesion, 17
windlass, use with cranes, 49
wine, early making of, 21
wipes, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
workbench, using in inventor’s workshop, 117
wrench and socket set, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 119
Wringing Out the Science diagram, 26
“wringing the cloth,” 21
Z
zip ties, keeping in inventor’s workshop, 122
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