[Rockhounds] Inca Indians Used Solar Power To Cut Rocks

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

I got my Club's Newsletter today and it contained a reprint article that
you can see online in the BackBenders Gazette on page 35 at

	http://www.hgms.org/BBG/Jul07.pdf

Dr. Ivan Watkins believes that the Incas used 10-12 foot parabolic
reflectors to concentrate sunlight into a 6000 watt beam that was able
to slice the stone blocks they used to build their massive cities.

BTW, the article I referenced says rocks can be cut with a 10 watt
laser. Other references indicate 1000 watts is the correct figure.

I have visited Teotihuacan and have seen the precision of the Inca
construction. This is an explanation I can accept. I hope you find it as
interesting as I did.

Kreigh