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* The Burning Mirror is likely based on Archimedes' Burning Mirror, which allegedly lit a fleet of Roman vessels on fire during the Battle of Syracuse in the Second Punic Wars. The details of this burning mirror (such as whether it was one gigantic mirror or several mirrors placed in a parabolic array) have been lost to time and the truth of the legend remains contested, but similar technology as the burning mirror is used today in solar furnaces. | * The Burning Mirror is likely based on Archimedes' Burning Mirror, which allegedly lit a fleet of Roman vessels on fire during the Battle of Syracuse in the Second Punic Wars. The details of this burning mirror (such as whether it was one gigantic mirror or several mirrors placed in a parabolic array) have been lost to time and the truth of the legend remains contested, but similar technology as the burning mirror is used today in solar furnaces. | ||
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