The article states that the story of the burning mirror was myth and Greeks would not built such a device because of a lack of technology, and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor says that the burning mirror was such a device that built by the Greek’s to defend them fro the Romans, refutes each of the authors reasons for support.
The reading posits that the Greek technology was not advanced enough to manufacture a large sheet of copper with such specification. The professor opposes this point by saying that the Greeks have abundant of small flat surface copper sheet to form a precise parabolic curvature, burning mirror. He states that Greeks have many small mirror to form a burning mirror parabolic shape.
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The reading posits that the Greek technology was not advanced enough to manufacture a large sheet of copper with such specification. The professor opposes this point by saying that the Greeks have abundant of small flat surface copper sheet to form a precise parabolic curvature, burning mirror. He states that Greeks have many small mirror to form a burning mirror parabolic shape.
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