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  2. Bronze mirror - Wikipedia

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    Its use in mirrors may date back more than 2000 years in China [8] although it could also be an invention of western civilizations. [9] There seem to be references to it by Pliny the Elder . [ 10 ] It was certainly in use by the European Middle Ages , giving better reflectivity than the usual bronze, and tarnishing more slowly.

  3. Category:Bronze mirrors - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Bronze mirrors" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bronze mirror; C.

  4. List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

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    Bronze mirror with human figures and an inscription of 48 characters on the back: In the eighth month of a gui-wei year, in the reign of the great king ..., when his younger brother the prince was at the Osisaka Palace, Sima, wishing for longevity [of the king], caused two persons ..., to select 200 han of fine bronze and make this mirror ...

  5. In 2017, an Italian marble expert discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman mosaic was being used as a coffee table in a Manhattan apartment for the last 50 years.

  6. Speculum metal - Wikipedia

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    Telescopes with speculum metal mirrors were a large breakthrough in aperture, but their drawbacks fueled competition from refractors The metal mirror of the Leviathan, the largest telescope mirror until the 100-inch Hooker telescope of 1917 (a metal-on-glass mirror) Looking down the insides of an old reflecting telescope. It's not clear whether ...

  7. Bronze - Wikipedia

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    [40] [41] Ancient bronze drums from Thailand and Vietnam date back 2,000 years. Bronze bells from Thailand and Cambodia date back to 3600 BCE. Some companies are now making saxophones from phosphor bronze (3.5 to 10% tin and up to 1% phosphorus content). [42] Bell bronze/B20 is used to make the tone rings of many professional model banjos. [43]

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