Legendary accounts of the Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) tell of Archimedes' heat ray, a set of burnished brass mirrors or burning glasses supposedly used to ignite attacking ships, though modern historians doubt its veracity.
Legendary accounts of the Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC) tell of Archimedes' heat ray a set of burnished brass mirrors or burning glasses supposedly used to ignite attacking ships though modern historians doubt its veracity