you might have heard the story of Archimedes that he burned ships using mirrors ? (1) what type of mirrors he used? (2) which energy that he used to burn ships ? (3) what will be the shape that he arranged all the mirrors ? (4) draw a ray diagram that explain the principle involved in this ?
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1. He used large concave mirrors. The spot at which the rays converge obtains high flux and hence the heat is concentrated at that point and starts burning.
2. Most probably solar energy.
3. He might have arranged the mirrors in a spherical manner.
4.Ray diagram- see the image attachment
2. Most probably solar energy.
3. He might have arranged the mirrors in a spherical manner.
4.Ray diagram- see the image attachment
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