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Archimedes'' heat ray
OverviewModern attempts to recreate the heat rayHistorical accounts of the heat raySee also
The heat ray has been the subject of ongoing debate about its credibility since the Renaissance. René Descartes rejected it as false; a test was conducted by Comte de Buffon (circa 1747), documented in the paper titled "Invention De Miroirs Ardens, Pour Brusler a Une Grande Distance"; and an experiment by John Scott was documented in an 1867 paper.
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