'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-10-27_J_29.wmv">The Mythbusters deliver the clue.</a>)  500 mirrors reflected the sun's rays on a ship's sail which got hot, but failed to catch fire; at President Obama's request we were testing a method invented by this ancient Greek mathematician'
Archimedes
MYTHBUSTERS: 500 mirrors reflected the suns rays on a ships sail which got hot, but failed to catch fire; at President Obamas request we were testing a method invented by this ancient Greek mathematician
500 mirrors reflected the sun's rays on a ship's sail which got hot, but failed to catch fire; at President Obama's request we were testing a method invented by this ancient Greek mathematician
500 mirrors reflected the sun's rays on a ship's sail which got hot, but failed to catch fire; at President Obama's request we were testing a method invented by this ancient Greek mathematician
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Archimedes
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