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Parabolic cookers have been used for centuries now. The idea to concentrate light using curved mirrors was developed by the Greeks, Aztecs, Incas, Romans and Chinese. The Incas used bronze and gold for their mirrors and they built structures that were several stories high. This technology seems to have appeared around the same time for each of the civilizations. It is thought that Archimedes harnessed the technologyWP to defend Syracuse from invading Roman fleets in 212 BC. | Parabolic cookers have been used for centuries now. The idea to concentrate light using curved mirrors was developed by the Greeks, Aztecs, Incas, Romans and Chinese. The Incas used bronze and gold for their mirrors and they built structures that were several stories high. This technology seems to have appeared around the same time for each of the civilizations. It is thought that Archimedes harnessed the technologyWP to defend Syracuse from invading Roman fleets in 212 BC. | ||
There are many types of parabolic solar cookers, some made with locally gathered materials and others manufactured using highly machined, durable but more expensive materials. Here are links to a number of solar cooker designs. | |||
http://www.appropedia.org/Aleiha's_parabolic_solar_cooker | http://www.appropedia.org/Aleiha's_parabolic_solar_cooker | ||
http://www.appropedia.org/Parabolic_Basket_Solar_Cooker | |||
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A Brief History Parabolic cookers have been used for centuries now. The idea to concentrate light using curved mirrors was developed by the Greeks, Aztecs, Incas, Romans and Chinese. The Incas used bronze and gold for their mirrors and they built structures that were several stories high. This technology seems to have appeared around the same time for each of the civilizations. It is thought that Archimedes harnessed the technologyWP to defend Syracuse from invading Roman fleets in 212 BC.
There are many types of parabolic solar cookers, some made with locally gathered materials and others manufactured using highly machined, durable but more expensive materials. Here are links to a number of solar cooker designs.