The Science of Light!
Most people look in the mirror and think "wow, I look great today" or "boy, i'm a hot mess!" But have you ever stopped to think how that wonderful piece of metal that you are looking into was made? Well you're in luck, i'm about to tell you...
"The mirror of the ancient Greeks and Romans was a disk of metal with a highly polished face, sometimes with a design on the back, and usually with a handle." (5) Although these metal mirrors might have been neat, there were eventually glass mirrors and those date to the Middle Ages. These glass mirrors were made a lot in Venice (a city in northeastern Italy) and were frequently made in large groups in the 16th cent., like most things now-a-days, as the ttime passed the mirrors improved. Originally these glass mirrors had a thin coat of murcury and tin on the back but they went on, in the 1840s, to have a thin coating of silver. This improvement continued on through out the 17th cent., by then there was plate glass. The mirror industry had an uproar when this happened, people everywhere used the plate glass mirrors as a piece of furniture in thier house but not only was it used as furniture, it was also used to decorate outfits and dresses. No, the dresses were not made out of glass but little pieces were connected to them. More recently though, aluminum has been used. Aluminum is a more reflecting material and works better as a mirror. The aluminum is just about as effective as silver.
"The mirror of the ancient Greeks and Romans was a disk of metal with a highly polished face, sometimes with a design on the back, and usually with a handle." (5) Although these metal mirrors might have been neat, there were eventually glass mirrors and those date to the Middle Ages. These glass mirrors were made a lot in Venice (a city in northeastern Italy) and were frequently made in large groups in the 16th cent., like most things now-a-days, as the ttime passed the mirrors improved. Originally these glass mirrors had a thin coat of murcury and tin on the back but they went on, in the 1840s, to have a thin coating of silver. This improvement continued on through out the 17th cent., by then there was plate glass. The mirror industry had an uproar when this happened, people everywhere used the plate glass mirrors as a piece of furniture in thier house but not only was it used as furniture, it was also used to decorate outfits and dresses. No, the dresses were not made out of glass but little pieces were connected to them. More recently though, aluminum has been used. Aluminum is a more reflecting material and works better as a mirror. The aluminum is just about as effective as silver.
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