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How and why have mirrors become so important?

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How and why have mirrors become so important?

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Sutori is the best way to share your story.

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How long have people been using the object?

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How long have people been using the object?

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Mirrors have existed almost as long as humankind. Mirrors have been around for as long as 8,000 years ago. Silvered-glass mirrors first started almost 200 years ago.

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In 1835, a German chemist Justus von Liebig made a thin layer of metallic silver to one side of a pane clear glass. Later on it has been improved into a modern mirror we use today.

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How has it or its use changed over time?

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How has it or its use changed over time?

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It didn’t it just get mounted and refined into different shapes and sizes. It also comes in different frames now. Mirrors are used for so many other things, such as laser reflectors to help amplify Ore cutting or cosmetic surgery.

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What were the major changes in its form or use (or how did it evolve)?

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What were the major changes in its form or use (or how did it evolve)?

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People used to look at their reflection by looking at water or in shiny polished metals. They could see themselves but not a clear glimpse of their full image. It wasn’t until high-quality image mirrors were found. Silver glass was invented when people could really see themselves. The first people that bought it were the wealthy people.

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The 7 categories mirrors were used in were Decorating, Safety, Vision, Magnification, Science, Energy, Affirmation Techniques, Photography, and Fashion Design

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How does this object of study fit within the concept of thresholds of increasing complexity?

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How does this object of study fit within the concept of thresholds of increasing complexity?

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The mirror has remained in the thresholds of increasing complexity since the human image was discovered in clear water.  If the elements from the "Big Bang" didn't exist then the resources used to make a mirror would cease to exist.

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How “global” is your topic?  How many different people and places does it impact?

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How “global” is your topic?  How many different people and places does it impact?

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Mirrors are definitely global, they are used by many different people have been using mirrors and they have used them in more than one way.  Mirrors have been used all over the world and a mirrors are at least used for at least 7 ways. The 7 different used are Decorating, Safety, Vision, Magnification and science, Energy and Affirmation Techniques, Photography, and Fashion Design.

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Fact #1 – In ancient times water was used for mirrors

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Fact #1 – In ancient times water was used for mirrors

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(The first forms of mirrors appeared in ancient times when they would simply use a pool of dark water, or a dark container filled with water. This only changed in around 6000 BC when polished glass began to be used.)

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Fact #2 – Mirrors reflect sound as well as light

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Fact #2 – Mirrors reflect sound as well as light

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(Mirrors that reflect sound waves are known as acoustic mirrors. Before the development of radar, mirrors were used in the second World War to detect sounds coming from enemy aircraft.)

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(A formation of mirrors and lasers on the moon, as well as a telescope down on earth, are used to measure the distance to the moon. This distance changes because of the moon’s elliptical orbit around the Earth, so it is important that such a facility exists.)

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(Mirrors can reflect matter just as they do light. These mirrors are known as atomic mirrors. They use an electromagnetic field to reflect neutral atoms and are used to trap slow atoms or to focus an atomic beam.)

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(Mirrors can be used to split light and this is why they are commonly used in telescopes and other scientific instruments. These are generally called beam splitters, as a beam of light is focused on the splitter part of the beam will carry on, on its original course while the other veers off at a ninety-degree angle.)

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