MythBusters S2: Nuts & Bolts in Their Heads

[Mk]

Was the ship moving?

 

[Galileo]

http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Mirrors/Tzetzes.html" of the burning mirror story.

And http://www.solardeathray.com/" is one of those Solar Death Ray's. Which is awesomely cool by the way
I got to get me one of those. Read the one about the honey bear

 

[zoobyshoe]

http://www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Mirrors/Tzetzes.html" of the burning mirror story.

Thanks for finding that, Integral.

It sounds like the beams from many small mirrors were aimed at the large mirror which was then aimed at a ship.