Thesaurus opticus Titelblatt

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UkendtUnknown illustrator

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Bayerske Statsbibliotek

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Engraving from the title page of Opticae Thesaurus, a latin edition of Ibn al-Haytham's Book of Optics. Among other things it shows how Archimedes allegedly set Roman ships on fire with parabolic mirrors during the Siege of Syracuse.

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Public domain