Archimedes Death Ray
Saw this interesting link about a Massachusetts Institute of Technology class experiment on the feasibility of the ship burning mirrors from Archimedes' sketches.
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lecture...desResult.html
There is more interesting discussion in the FAQ linked at the bottom. Patience may be required, since this was linked on Slashdot...
Not sure if the Frontroom is the best place for this, but it didn't seem like a Colosseum topic. Mods, feel free to move if desired.
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Re: Archimedes Death Ray
Archimedes sketches...
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Re: Archimedes Death Ray
Sorry, not his sketches, of course.Originally Posted by Catiline
"Accounts of his work"
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If I werent playing games Id be killing small animals at a higher rate than I am now - SFTS
Si je n'étais pas jouer à des jeux que je serais mort de petits animaux à un taux plus élevé que je suis maintenant - Louis VI The Fat
"Why do you hate the extremely limited Spartan version of freedom?" - Lemur
Re: Archimedes Death Ray
Heavy.
Now we just need to start building the real thing.
Re: Archimedes Death Ray
They tried building it on Mythbusters and didn’t have any luck. i would not dismiss the idea thou, the Mythbusters only tried for a few days and gave up.
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Re: Archimedes Death Ray
Some Greek(might not have been Greek) guy got it to work. It was in the 50s or 60s. He got a load of Greek sailors with polished shields and set fire to a small boat.
The thing on Mythbusters was probably too small. It says on this site that some MIT people got it to work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes
Man, I feel stupid. I should alway read the first post.
Last edited by The_Doctor; 10-14-2005 at 20:59.
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