I believe the intent of the mirrors was a distraction device. Focus the light on the soldiers abs sailors of the invading ships, temporarily blinding and disorienting them.
A bunch of school kids weakly holding mirrors is not a proper demonstration of this weapon. The sources say the mirrors were on rotating mounts set to specific angles
Set to specific angles? But, both the sun and the ship were not stationary, moving. The ship was most likely moving up and down in the waves off shore. So if the mirrors were fixed at specific angles, the ship would have to be stationary as well.
@@JDsViewsandWindows-z6e There have been arrangements, for example by Mike Bushroe, where angles could have been shifted to focus on moving targets, so if Archimedes used something similar, the ships would not have to be stationary
So many of the mirrors did not really focus on the sun itself, so Im not sure if the test was done correctly
I believe the intent of the mirrors was a distraction device. Focus the light on the soldiers abs sailors of the invading ships, temporarily blinding and disorienting them.
A bunch of school kids weakly holding mirrors is not a proper demonstration of this weapon. The sources say the mirrors were on rotating mounts set to specific angles
Set to specific angles? But, both the sun and the ship were not stationary, moving. The ship was most likely moving up and down in the waves off shore. So if the mirrors were fixed at specific angles, the ship would have to be stationary as well.
@@JDsViewsandWindows-z6e There have been arrangements, for example by Mike Bushroe, where angles could have been shifted to focus on moving targets, so if Archimedes used something similar, the ships would not have to be stationary