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Q: Did Archimedes make burning mirrors
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What did Archimedes do with mirrors?

Archimedes invented a device to set fire to ships. This used mirrors to focus the rays of the sun on the ships which were attacking the city.


Who is a greek mathematician and inventor?

Archimedes is a famous Greek mathematician and inventor. He made significant contributions to the field of mathematics, including the discovery of buoyancy principles and the calculation of the value of pi. He also invented various machines, such as the Archimedes screw and a heat ray device known as the "burning mirrors."


What did archemides invent?

the trebuchet and burning mirrors


How did Archimedes burn enemy ships?

Most likely by firing explosive pots out of catapults. The mirrors thing is a myth


What was the date that Archimedes make the screw of Archimedes?

In the year 265 b.c


Did Archimedes make the pulley?

no


When did Archimedes make the lever?

Archimedes made the lever sometime between 280bc to210bc.


What did Archimedes create?

Archimedes made many things. He made (invented) the Archimedes screw which helps farmers with their irrigation. He also supposedly made Archimedes Death Ray (which is a myth) and Archimedes Claw which is said unrealistic by modern engineers.


When were deformed mirrors invented?

Parabolic mirrors were described and studied in classical antiquity by the mathematician Diocles in his work On Burning Mirrors. Ptolemy conducted a number of experiments with curved polished iron mirrors, and discussed plane, convex spherical, and concave spherical mirrors in his Optics.


What are the daily uses of concave mirrors?

Magnifying mirrors, make-up mirrors, telescopes


What was the mirror first used for?

Archimedes, who lived from c. 287 BC - c. 212 BC, is said to have used mirrors to burn ships that were attacking Syracuse.


Did Archimedes have obstacles?

Archimedes obstacles were simply that the things in life he had were not good enough and he had the will to improve and make new ideas to make people's lives easier.