2024-03-31 04:11:00
The “death ray” was the name of the weapon that Archimedes allegedly invented and used. With its help, using the rays of the sun, it was possible to incinerate the enemy fleet, which was done with Roman ships in the 3rd century BC. Until now, this story was considered semi-legendary.
© Giulio Parigi, c. 1599 / Wikipedia
A schoolboy from Ontario, Brendan Sener, decided to dot the i’s and create a smaller version of the gun.
Previously, attempts had also been made to test the effectiveness of the Archimedes beam. For example, in 2005, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology claimed that theoretically such a design might ignite a ship in just over 10 minutes.
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Sener created a tabletop version of the gun using LED table lamps and concave mirrors. He found that with a 50-watt heat source, a cardboard target warmed two degrees each time three mirrors were added in succession. The fourth led to a sharp increase in temperature by 8 degrees.
With a 100-watt lamp, the figures were already 4 and 10 degrees, respectively.
The student claims to have proven the veracity of historical accounts of the use of the Death Ray during the Battle of Syracuse. For his unique experience, the boy was awarded a gold medal at the Annual Science Fair in Matthews Hall.
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