Hello! This is my first post for 6th grade Technology, and so far, it’s been s blast. I just read this article about this Greek inventor, mathematician, physician, and engineer, Archimedes. He was really cool, but I wanted to post about one specific thing he created the worlds first “death ray”. During the Siege of Syracuse (Sicily) during 212 B.C., the Romans were taking over Syracuse, but most of the Roman infantry were frightened out of their minds, and they had a reason to, because they’ve heard the stories of Archimedes’ inventions…
He made many other battle inventions, like the Archimedes Claw, which basically picked up giant warships and drowned it’s passengers, but lets not get off track. This invention was supposedly made by sanding giant bronze shields, and soldiers would hold these gargantuan shields and use the reflection of the sun to their advantage and would burn down Roman ships. This ancient “death ray” would make one of the greatest empires in the whole world petrified out of their skin.
Archimedes made a huge impact on the world with his intelligence and his inventions, and this is why I wrote about him in this blog. Sadly, these inventions didn’t stop the mighty Roman Empire, and they eventually took over Syracuse, but Archimedes’ legacy will stay in the minds of many knowing inventors around the world.