Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Gwajin hasken zafi na Archimedes an yi shi ne a 1973 daga masanin kimiyyar Girka Ioannis Sakkas. Gwajin ya faru ne a sansanin sojan ruwa na Skaramagas da ke wajen Athens. An yi amfani da madubai guda 70 da aka yi da jan ƙarfe kuma girman kowannensu ya kai mita ɗaya da rabi. An saka madubi a kan jirgin yaƙi na Roma da nisansa ya kai wajen kafa 160 (mita 50). Lokacin da madubai suka mai da hankali daidai, jirgin ya fashe da wuta a cikin 'yan seconds. Jirgin ruwan da aka yi da katako yana da zane na zane, wanda zai iya taimakawa konewa. Rufe tar zai kasance na yau da kullun a kan jiragen ruwa a zamanin gargajiya.A watan Oktoba 2005 ƙungiyar ɗalibai daga Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts sun gudanar da gwaji tare da murabba'in murabba'in murabba'i guda 127 na ƙafa ɗaya (30 cm), wanda aka mai da hankali kan samfurin jirgin ruwa na katako a nesa da kusan ƙafa 100 (30 m). Wuta ta tashi a wani yanki na jirgin, amma bayan da sama ta kasance ba tare da girgije ba kuma jirgin ya kasance a tsaye na kimanin minti goma. An kammala cewa na'urar ta kasance makami mai yiwuwa a karkashin wadannan yanayi. Kungiyar MIT ta maimaita gwajin don wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin MythBusters, ta amfani da jirgin ruwan kamun kifi na katako a San Francisco a matsayin manufa. Har ila yau, wasu ƙuƙwalwa sun faru, tare da karamin wuta. Domin kama wuta, itace yana buƙatar isa ga zafin jiki na autoignition, wanda yake kusa da 300 ° C (570 ° F). Lokacin da MythBusters ya watsa sakamakon gwajin San Francisco a watan Janairun 2006, an sanya da'awar a cikin rukunin "busted" (ko kasawa) saboda tsawon lokaci da kuma yanayin yanayin da ake buƙata don ƙonewa ya faru. An kuma nuna cewa tun da yake Syracuse yana fuskantar teku zuwa gabas, rundunar sojojin Roma za ta kai hari da safe don mafi kyawun tarin haske ta madubai. MythBusters ya kuma nuna cewa makamai na yau da kullun, kamar su kibau masu ƙonewa ko ƙuƙwalwa daga katako, zai zama hanya mafi sauƙi don kunna jirgi a cikin ɗan gajeren nesa. A watan Disamba na 2010, MythBusters sake...  Tambaya: Wace hanya ce Syracuse ke fuskantar teku?
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