[Rockhounds] Inca Indians Used Solar Power To Cut Rocks

[Drew]

On 11/8/07, pmodreski at aol.com <pmodreski at aol.com> wrote:
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> Yes, I was going to write back about this too.? I remember seeing this on
> Nova also.? I think it is really really really unlikely that the Incas could
> have done this.? As I wrote to a friend about this just now, "if it was that
> easy, they'd all be doing it".
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> I do know there are stories about the Greeks (Archimedes??) using light
> from a row of polished?metal mirrors?as a weapon, to set enemy ships on
> fire; I haven't checked to see how far this is toward fact and not legend.
>
> Pete


Pete,

There was a Mythbusters episode about this... they pretty much busted it...
Here is a site, <
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www//experiments/deathray/10_Mythbusters.html>

Drew


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