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When you put a mirror or other item behind a lamp or candle the reflection makes the light produced brighter.
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What did the early settlers use to light their homes before the invention of the light bulb?
candles
What does prelight day mean?
the early early morning sun rays from behind the mountins as it is raising up in the morning, i think
Where did sundial come from?
the sundail came from early settlers who used it to tell time thousands of years before clocks and watches were made to do so.
What person invented the mirror?
The romans. Also it was made by accident Mirrors of polished copper were crafted in Mesopotamia from 4000 BC, and in ancient Egypt from around 3000 BC. In China, bronze mirrors were manufactured from around 2000 BC. Metal-coated glass mirrors are said to have been invented in Sidon (modern-day Lebanon) in the first century AD, and glass mirrors backed with gold leaf are mentioned by the Roman author Pliny in his Natural History, written in about 77 AD. The Romans also developed a technique for creating crude mirrors by coating blown glass with molten lead. (research from wikipedia.com) The history of mirrors dates back to ancient times when mankind first saw reflections in a pond or river and considered it magic. Polished stone or metal was used in the first early man-made mirrors. Later glass was used in combination with metals like tin, mercury, and lead to create mirrors.
When and why does the Moon appear orange at times?
it's called the lunar eclipse, that's when the sun goes behind the moon which makes the moon orange reddy colour and happens in the 15th of June and 10th of December early in the morning
Early settlers placed a diverging reflective surface behind oil lamps that were on walls why?
Early settlers placed diverging reflective or mirrored surfaces behind oil lamps on walls to help to better increase their radiance by reflecting the light that would otherwise be hitting the wall.
What products did early settlers of Virginia make?
how did early settlers get money
Who are the Hawaiian settlers?
The Early Hawaiian settlers are the Polynesian settlers.
Where did the early settlers of Ethiopia Africa come from?
Where did the early settlers of Africa come from
What type of homes did the early settlers live in?
the early settlers live in hut or benab
When was Early Settlers Meeting House created?
Early Settlers Meeting House was created in 1856.
How did early settlers finally settle in nz?
Early settlers had land wars and signed the treaty of waitangi
Where did most early settlers in California come from?
The early settlers came from Asia, across the Bering Sea.
Were the early settlers free people?
The early Australian settlers were a mixture of convicts, officers and the officers' wives and children. Some of them were therefore free settlers.
Who was the early settlers were?
quackers
What was needed by early settlers in the cold weather starting with Q?
Early settlers used quilts in cold weather.
What games did the early settlers of Maryland play?
The early settlers of Maryland liked to play with sticks and yo-yo's
