Mirrors: A Brief History
Posted by Eric Morgan on 15th Apr 2014
Today’s modern mirrors are glass covered with thin metallic
backing, which creates a reflective image. While modern mirrors haven’t been
around forever, mirrors, in one form or another, have been around thousands of
years.Nearly a millennium ago, mirrors were nothing more than
polished discs of metal. Mirror costs were so high that only royalty could
afford mirrors. The middle and lower classes had to use common ponds to view
their reflections, and in heavily populated areas this required