Topics People Are Suggesting
| (n.) | An incendiary preparation first used by the Byzantine Greeks to set fire to enemy ships. |
Dictionary.com · The American Heritage® Dictionary
|
Greek fire is a weapon that was invented for the Roman Emperors. It is said to burn no matter what even on water. It is similar to gun powder and was generally used on ships.
http://answers.ask.com/Food_and_Drinks/Food_and_Cooking...
|
|
Greek Fire is a type of fire, that starts of as a small explosion, I think, but is not able to be put out by normal ways, such as water. you are right but it is not an explosion it is a liqiud that ignites when it hits the air water has no ...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_in_Greek_Fire
|
|
Greek fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
Greek fire was an incendiary weapon used by the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water. It provided a technolog...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire
|
|
1 You explained in the third paragraph of the use of a petroleum product, and also naptha: for your info, naptha is the Greek word for petroleum. Good article. - anon32938
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-greek-fire.htm
|
|
While incendiary weapons had been in use for centuries (petroleum and sulfur had both been in use since the early days of the Christians) Greek fire was ...
|
|
stronghold.heavengames.com/sc/history/greekfire
stronghold.heavengames.com/sc/history/greekfire
|
|
Greek Fire was the secret weapon of the Eastern Roman Emperors. It is said to have been invented by a Syrian Engineer, one Callinicus, a refugee from Maalbek, in the seventh century (673 AD). The "liquid fire" was hurled on to the ships of their enemies from siphons and burst into flames on contact.
|
|
www.greece.org/Romiosini/greek_fire.html
www.greece.org/Romiosini/greek_fire.html
|
|
"Greek fire" was a weapon employed by the Byzantines, and its nature remains as mysterious today as it was in the 7th century when it was first unleashed. ... But Greek fire was more insidious. It was projected upon enemy forces in the fashion of a flamethrower. Contemporary accounts frequently mention the mixture...
|
|
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/armies/gr...
www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/armies/greekfire.html
|
|
Subject: how do you make greek fire from easy to fine/make chemicals? ... Date: Fri Oct 27 16:01:52 2000; Posted by No name entered.; Grade level: 10-12 School: No school entered.; City: No city entered. State/Province: No state entered. Country: No country entered.; Area of science: Chemistry;
|
|
www.madsci.org/posts/archives/oct2000/972932270.Ch.q.ht...
www.madsci.org/posts/archives/oct2000/972932270.Ch.q.html
|
|
Go to this site providing information about the facts, history of the Greek Fire. Fast and accurate facts about the Greek Fire.Learn about the history of the Greek Fire. ... Description of Greek Fire...
58k - 8 sec @ 56k
This site uses 1 Pop-up
|
www.middle-ages.org.uk/greek-fire.htm
www.middle-ages.org.uk/greek-fire.htm
|
|