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The drama of a nation, conceived in a worthy sense, represents that nation in its self-consciousness; it is the burning-mirror which receives the separate rays of the nation's innermost being while passing history is enticing them out of the depths, which condenses and concentrates them and thus kindles one century by means of another, and calls to life one glorious deed by means of another.
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Book X; (9) _On the burning-mirror_, dealing with spherical mirrors and probably with mirrors of parabolic section also; (10) ωκυτοκιον {ôkytokion} ( 'quick delivery').
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"Opus Majus", where he puts together in general lines all his leading ideas and proposals; the same friend was instructed to present to the pope a burning-mirror and several drawings of Bacon appertaining to physics, and to give all explanations required by His Holiness.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Louis XVI gave him the appointment of "Royal Mechanician" (Mécanicien du Roi), and provided a studio for him in the gardens of the Louvre, where he used the burning-mirror for melting metals without fire.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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To him also are to be attributed the endless screw, and a peculiar form of burning-mirror, by which, at the siege of Syracuse, it is said that he set the Roman fleet on fire.
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To him also are to be attributed the endless screw, and a peculiar form of burning-mirror, by which, at the siege of Syracuse, it is said that he set the Roman fleet on fire.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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