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The Byzantines typically used it in naval battles to great effect as it could continue burning even on water.
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Veronica Rodriguez on 03 Feb 10This was true. That geek fire would not stop burning . Even if you use water. That is why the greeks desighned it . So they couldburn something and it wont go out for a long long long time.
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It burned on water, and, according to some interpretations, was ignited by water. In addition, as numerous writers testify, it could be extinguished only by a few substances, such as sand, which deprived it of oxygen, strong vinegar, or old urine, presumably by some sort of chemical reaction.[30][31]
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In its earliest form, Greek fire was hurled onto enemy forces by firing a burning cloth-wrapped ball, perhaps containing a flask, using a form of light catapult, most probably a seaborne variant of the Roman light catapult or onager.[citation needed