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published by
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
written by David Wallace
Visit this site for an experiment, conducted by undergraduates at MIT, to
investigate the claim that Archimedes set Roman ships on fire with reflected sunlight. Text and photos tell the story of the engineering investigation, step-by-step. The site also contains a video of the experiment and a follow-up experiment with TV's Mythbusters®.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5344">Wallace, David. Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 1, 2005.</a>
AIP Format
D. Wallace, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2006), WWW Document, (http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
D. Wallace, Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2006), <http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html>.
APA Format
Wallace, D. (2005, October 1). Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing. Retrieved March 18, 2025, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html
Chicago Format
Wallace, David. Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, October 1, 2005. http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html (accessed 18 March 2025).
MLA Format
Wallace, David. Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. 1 Oct. 2005. 18 Mar. 2025 <http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{
Author = "David Wallace",
Title = {Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing},
Publisher = {Massachusetts Institute of Technology},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {18 March 2025},
Month = {October 1, 2005},
Year = {2006}
}
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%A David Wallace %T Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing %D October 1, 2005 %I Massachusetts Institute of Technology %C Cambridge %U http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html %O text/html
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%0 Electronic Source %A Wallace, David %D October 1, 2005 %T Archimedes Death Ray: Idea Feasibility Testing %I Massachusetts Institute of Technology %V 2025 %N 18 March 2025 %8 October 1, 2005 %9 text/html %U http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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