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by argumentum 3906 days ago
"The idea is credited to a Greek citizen, Marcel Mitzakis, who devised the system for the de Thoren Syndicate in the 1930s; they were advised by J F C Fuller."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes#Heat_ray

Putting his heritage to good use it seems :)