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Meaning of fuego griego




Felipe Lorenzo del Río

fuego griego
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Incendiary weapon of the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire that they threw against the enemy ships burning them irretrievably. Although the formula was secret, it is believed that the mixture consisted of petroleum, quicklime, sulfur, saltpeter and resins. Quicklime in contact with water would perhaps be the incendiary spark.

  




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It was the forerunner of the flamethrower, used in Ancient Greece. It was an incendiary mixture of vegetable resins and tar. This mixture was lethal to enemy ships.

  



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