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Mirrors,  you can not ignore them, be they natural or man-made. You see your reflection almost everywhere you go. So what do you know about them?


MIRROR HISTORY


  • In ancient times, people used  water mirrors. Small pools of water collected in darkly colored containers.
  •  The first man made mirrors, were made, in Turkey about 8000 years ago from polished stone and black volcanic glass, obsidian.
  • Around 4000 BC, ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians,  started making mirrors from copper.
  • People in Central and South America, made mirrors from polished stone. While the  Chinese manufactured mirrors from speculum metal, and  polished bronze, around 2000 BC.
  • The first recorded use of glass mirrors  was in first century A.D.
  • Tin-mercury backed glass mirrors began to surface in Venice around the 16th Century
  • In 1835, German chemist Justus Von Liebig,invented silvered glass mirrors, which are now found throughout the world
  • Present day,mirrors are made by applying molten aluminium and silver onto a plate of glass in a vacuum.
Did you know, mirrors can not only reflect light, sound and matter. Mirrors can also split  light beams, amazing isn't it?    Eco-friendly mirrors  are even better. 

SO NOW YOU KNOW!!!!!



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