Image:DeathRayDiagram.gif

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A quick diagram put together by myself to illustrate how Archimedes could have aimed a large number of mirrors at an enemy ship at the siege of Syracuse. During this siege light was used as a distraction as well as a weapon.

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  • (del) (cur) 12:00, 18 January 2006 . . Chrisobyrne ( Talk | contribs) . . 268×236 (2,097 bytes) (A quick diagram put together by myself to illustrate how Archimedes could have aimed a large number of mirrors at an enemy ship at the siege of Syracuse.)

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