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As the article suggests, the Mt Louis Solar oven was a prototype that lead to the real godzilla, the Odeillo Solar Furnace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeil
by esquevin 10y ago
As the article suggests, the Mt Louis Solar oven was a prototype that lead to the real godzilla, the Odeillo Solar Furnace:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odeillo_solar_furnace
This thing is massive and a beauty to look at. I remember going through the tour in the 90s, there were very thick steel plates on display that where melted like butter in the center it was really impressive.
https://books.google.fr/books?id=VQEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=odeillo+steel+plate&source=bl&ots=odQm2aDBiv&sig=hdNFLlmhAyVFsw5jelA1pdtaYkI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiN5Ymbuc_NAhXMWxoKHbY5AcUQ6AEIKjAD#v=onepage&q=odeillo%20steel%20plate&f=false https://books.google.fr/books?id=VQEAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88&lpg=PA...