Collect information about the history of spherical mirrors in human civilization.
Write a report on it.
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- The first mirrors used by people were most likely pools of water, or water. The earliest manufactured mirrors were pieces of polished stones.
- Parabolic mirrors were described and studied in classical antiquity by the mathematician Diodes in his work on burning mirrors.
- Ptolemy conducted a number of experiments with curved polished iron mirrors. He also discussed plane, convex, concave and spherical mirrors in his optics.
- In China, people began making mirrors with the use of silver mercury amalgams as early as 500 AD.
- In 16th century, Venice, a big city formed for its glass making expertise, became a centre of mirror production using this new technique.
- The invention of the silvered - glass mirror is created to German Chemist Justus Von Liebig in 1835.
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