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The History of construction page is low on actual content and seems to be more based on examples of buildings and structures that were made during certain time periods. The article could use some help in quite a few areas to improve on explaining different techniques and materials that were used during each time period and location.

The article did stay neutral other that straying off topic to discuss more about the buildings than the construction itself

The viewpoints of this article focus mainly on central Europe and Egypt with very little on ancient cultures such as Asian culture that had different styles and methods to their construction.

The citations of the article all seem to work that I checked, and the source supports the claims made

There are a few facts that are incorrectly referenced and I made my Talk comments about a few of these issues

The information is not out of date, but could just use more of it

There is very little talk for this page and all of the talk is at least 4 years old, so the article could definitely use some help

The article is rated a C with numerous wikiprojects of high importance

This is not strictly related to some of the things we have talked about in class, but the history of science has many ties to the way construction was done during different time periods. This was my reasoning behind choosing the article as it both interests me personally and is related to the topics we talk about in class. As the science advances we can see a direct correlation to their construction methods and technology used.

Georg Hartmann Edits
Hartmann's 1537 batch of astrolabes for the 39° latitude plate were found to be inaccurate, having the almucantars spaced out too far. Of the four astrolabes in that production run, all of them had these errors. This led to the conclusion that it was a simple human error, and shown a light on the amount of work that went into each of these instruments. Following the discovery of these errors, a deeper look went into Georg's manufacturing methods. Ianq5d (talk) 16:58, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Hartmann was a famed student in the study of magnetism, with his discovery that a compass does not always point to true north. He discovered that while in Rome a compass would dip 6° off of true north. With this discovery he attempted to find the mathematical reason why this was the case, but his solution to this phenomenon was flawed. This discovery by Hartmann was not published and the only record of this was a letter he sent to Duke Albert of Prussia. This letter was not public knowledge until almost three centuries later in 1831 when it was finally printed. Thus his work with magnetism was not able to be studied or influenced others in this era.Ianq5d (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

Georg Hartmann Studied both Theology and Mathematics while at Cologne in the 1510's. He was always a tinkerer and had a deep fasination with mechanics, horology, instrumentation, and natural phenomenon. While he used this knowledge to make a living creating numerous different instruments during his life, Hartmann was a priest by vocation with several benefices which allowed by to continue his work without a real need of making a living.Ianq5d (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

After his days studying at Cologne, Hartmann went to Rome to continue his studies where he was friends with Andreas Copernicus, brother to Nicholas Copernicus.Ianq5d (talk) 17:19, 30 March 2020 (UTC)