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It can be presumed that the word "plate" is referring to the degree of uniformity delivered by the float glass process. The first automated plate glass was made in 1848 by Henry Bessemer using a roller process. Uniformity was produced by grinding, as opposed to inherent material forces as occurs in modern float glass processes. If we presume that anything made prior to this time would suit the definition of 'plate' glass, then mirrors could not have occurred much sooner than this time.
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What do Egyptians call a mirror?
The y called it a looking glass because you could see yourself in it and glass is because it is made of galss.
What type of glass is on a mirror?
You can use any kind of glass to make a mirror - clear or colored, soda-lime or borosilicate, float glass or blown glass. Most mirrors are made out of float glass (standard window glass) coated with a layer of silver. The silver is protected by a layer of paint. Some manufacturers add a layer of copper between the silver and the paint to protect the silver from tarnishing. White metals like silver and aluminum reflect all the colors of light. You can also make a mirror with other metals, such as gold, copper or lead sulfide. Some telescopes and dental mirror are made with a layer of aluminum "sputtered" onto the front of the glass. You can see yourself in a mirror because the light rays that bounce off your face (or any object) bounce back to your eye when they hit the layer of metal instead of passing through as they do with transparent glass.
What materials were used to build the first microscope?
Telescopes and microscopes were invented around the same time, by connecting pairs of lenses made from curved circles of glass (convex and concave lenses). Opaque tubes are used to limit light coming from outside the connected lenses.
What year was the first window made?
The first glass window was made in the Roman times! == ==
What is a magnifying glass made of?
the magnifying glass has a convex lens and it curves to magnify objects.
Which country was plate glass first made in the 17th century?
France.
When was the first glass mirror made?
The first glass mirrors were being made in the 13th century by the Romans then the development of glass mirrors began in the 14th century in Venice and Murano, Italy Esther Wallace , University of Manchester.
What is mirror as it relates to physics?
A mirror is a 'reflector'. If made of of silvered glass as a common mirror, the glass surface also represents a refractive plane.
Does a mirror contain limestone?
a mirror object that reflects light the ones made of glass are glass sprayed with silver
Why does a mirror break?
because its made of glass
It is made of glass but you can not see through it what is this?
a mirror
How do you convert a glass sheet into mirror?
if you made one side of mirror opaque,other side will become a mirror.
What is the meaning of glass ware?
it like cup or plate made out of glass
What Natural Resources is plate made from?
glass
When was the first mirror made?
the first mirror was made in 5th July 1884
How is a magnifying mirror made?
A round piece of plate glass is heated and slumped over a curved steel form then silvered on the convex side. Better ones were made by grinding and polishing a convex surface to one side of flat window glass then silvered on the curved side.
Can magnetism pass through glass?
Yes, it can pass through glass and mirror and other things made up of glass.
