# Ah, You Mean a 212 BC Style Death Ray!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-you-mean-a-212-bc-style-death-ray/326902>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 19, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-you-mean-a-212-bc-style-death-ray/326902 "2005-10-19T14:39:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-you-mean-a-212-bc-style-death-ray/326902/1 "2005-10-19T14:39:20Z")

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Well, yeah, not only did the guys at MIT mean exactly that, but [they built one!!](http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html)

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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-you-mean-a-212-bc-style-death-ray/326902/2 "2005-10-19T15:02:02Z")

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Yet another MythBuster busted myth busted, er, I mean, Another mythbusters busted myth myth mythbusted by some MythBusters mythbusters.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-you-mean-a-212-bc-style-death-ray/326902/3 "2005-10-19T15:06:22Z")

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Yeah, we just did this last week:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339599&highlight=Archimedes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339599&highlight=Archimedes)