Word: skaramanga
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...handled by one person. The Greek navy provided the men, the site and the target: a wooden rowboat with a tar-coated, plywood silhouette of a Roman galley attached to one side. When all was ready, Sakkas' burning-glass experiment took place early this month at the Skaramanga naval base outside Athens. After lining up 70 mirror-bearing sailors on a pier, Sakkas directed them to reflect sunlight on the rowboat 160 ft. offshore. At first, many of the men had trouble focusing their mirrors; when they finally coordinated their efforts, the rowboat began smoking within two or three...
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