Archimedes mirrors

[Tesseract]

I suppose a big enough one would be, yes. It would have to have a focal point quite some distance away though.

 

I also depends on if it was a rainy day or not.lol

[YT2095]

rain wouldn`t help nor would the wooden hull soaked in salt water splashes, but a sail? ))

 

 

to back Dave up a little, although it`s entirely possible to do, I do totaly understand his point, for all we know it could have blinded all the buggers on the ship and someone droped a torch (pitch soaked rags on a big stick) and set fire to the ship that way

[Tesseract]

rain wouldn`t help nor would the wooden hull soaked in salt water splashes' date=' but a sail? ))

 

 

to back Dave up a little, although it`s entirely possible to do, I do totaly understand his point, for all we know it could have blinded all the buggers on the ship and someone droped a torch (pitch soaked rags on a big stick) and set fire to the ship that way [/quote']

 

Maybe they didnt have any soldiers?

[YT2095]

Maybe they didnt have any soldiers?

and so, your point would be???

[Dave]

rain wouldn`t help nor would the wooden hull soaked in salt water splashes, but a sail? ))

 

Daresay a lack of sunlight wouldn't help either

[YT2095]

forgive me if I`m wrong, but didn`t they have cannons on board back then too? and at least a fire source to ignite arrows with before launch? and so I`de suggest that open fires above deck were possibly common during battle, and that it is EQUALY possible that if the mirrors didn`t set fire to a sail (and that is possible) that it could at least have Blinded someone enough to drop a torch or knock a comunal fire over over whilst staggering about shouting " My eyes!!! my Beautifull Eyes!, I can`t Seeeeeee!!!!!" Whoooosh big fire on deck

 

 

[edit] Gruesome, isn`t it ))))

[Dave]

Personally I reckon they just fired cannons at them, but that's just me being cynical

[YT2095]

maybe,maybe not?

NON of us were there, and so it`ll be impossible to determine, although I`m fairly certain that at least ONE of these possibilities (if not all) occured at some time or another

[Tesseract]

forgive me if I`m wrong' date=' but didn`t they have cannons on board back then too? and at least a fire source to ignite arrows with before launch? and so I`de suggest that open fires above deck were possibly common during battle, and that it is EQUALY possible that if the mirrors didn`t set fire to a sail (and that is possible) that it could at least have Blinded someone enough to drop a torch or knock a comunal fire over over whilst staggering about shouting " My eyes!!! my Beautifull Eyes!, I can`t Seeeeeee!!!!!" Whoooosh big fire on deck

 

 

[edit'] Gruesome, isn`t it ))))

I certainly doubt they had cannons before the medievil age...

it was in 214 b.c .