Archimedes is rumored to have used a death ray made of glass during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC to burn Roman ships. There hasn't been any proof of this but the myth lives on. In fact, TV's MythBusters tried to replicate the feat and failed. Well leave it to MIT students to make it work.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Building an Ancient Death Ray
Archimedes is rumored to have used a death ray made of glass during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC to burn Roman ships. There hasn't been any proof of this but the myth lives on. In fact, TV's MythBusters tried to replicate the feat and failed. Well leave it to MIT students to make it work.
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