Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' burning mirror supposed to have been designed to burn Roman f

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Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' burning mirror supposed to have been designed to burn Roman fleet attacking Syracuse in 212 BC. From Marius Bettinus Apiaria, 1642. Copperplate engraving

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