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2. Claude glass - Wikipedia

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   Claude Lorrain mirror in shark skin case. A Claude glass (or black mirror) is a small mirror, slightly convex in shape, with its surface tinted a dark colour. Bound up like a pocket-book or in a carrying case, Claude glasses were used by artists, travelers and connoisseurs of landscape and landscape painting.

3. Curved mirror - Wikipedia

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   Round convex mirrors called Oeil de Sorcière (French for "sorcerer's eye") were a popular luxury item from the 15th century onwards, shown in many depictions of interiors from that time. [3] With 15th century technology, it was easier to make a regular curved mirror (from blown glass) than a perfectly flat one.

4. Pier glass - Wikipedia

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   Large 18th-century Rococo pier glass in the Amalienburg Pavilion, Schloss Nymphenburg. A trumeau mirror is a type of wall mirror originally manufactured in France in the later 18th century. It takes its name from the French word trumeau, which designates the space between windows. Such a mirror, usually rectangular, could also hang above an ...

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   Amazon's very best Black Friday deals are extended. Walmart's very best Black Friday deals of the day. The very best gifts for hard-to-please women. The very best gifts for men who don't want anything

6. Mirror - Wikipedia

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   A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...

7. Spin casting (mirrors) - Wikipedia

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   Pioneered by Roger Angel at the Steward Observatory's mirror lab, this makes large (8.4 metres or 28 feet) thin parabolic mirrors by spinning the oven as the glass is melted and cooled. The term is applied to the fabrication of large telescope mirrors, where the natural paraboloid curve followed by the molten glass greatly reduces the amount of ...