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Archimedes' Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Archimedes' Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Archimedes' Burning Mirror, device used at the Siege of Syracuse, 215-212 BC (1642). A military engine devised by the Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes, said to have been used to set fire to attacking Roman ships taking part in the siege of Syracuse. With the aid of various machines designed by Archimedes, the city held out against the Romans for 3 years. Archimedes was killed when the city was finally captured. From Apiaria by Marius Bettinus, 1642.
Technique/material:
engraving
Credit:
Album / Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3603 x 2908 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
30.5 x 24.6 cm | 12.0 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • ANCIENT GREECE • ANCIENT GREEK • ARCHIMEDES • ARMS • BETTINUS • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • BURNING MIRROR • CASTLE • CENTURY • CITY • CONCAVE MIRROR • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • DEFENCE • ENGRAVING • FIRE • FORTIFICATION • GREECE • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • INNOVATION • INNOVATIONS • ITALIA • ITALY • LOCATION • MARIUS BETTINUS • MARIUS • MILITARY ENGINE • MILITARY • MIRROR • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NAVAL WARFARE • OPTICS • PHYSICS • REFLECTION • ROMAN • ROME • SCIENCE • SEA BATTLE • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • SHIP • SHIPS • SICILY • SIEGE OF SYRACUSE • SIEGE • SYRACUSE • TECHNOLOGY • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • WAR • WARFARE • WATER TRANSPORT • WEAPON • WEAPONARY • WEAPONRY • WEAPONS
