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Archimedes’ burning mirrors: Myth or reality?

History of Mechanism and Machine Science (2010) 11 387-396
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_29
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Abstract

This paper is devoted to the questions connected with «Archimedes’ burning mirrors» myth. The scientific disputes, no and con arguments concerning these death mirrors or helio-concentrators are considered. Possibilities of current usage of helio-energetics on the basis of geometrical optics are presented.

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Valiullin, A., & Tarabarin, V. (2010). Archimedes’ burning mirrors: Myth or reality? In History of Mechanism and Machine Science (Vol. 11, pp. 387–396). Springer Netherland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_29

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