When Were Mirrors Used First?

A mirror is a smooth surface that reflects lights and forms image. In ancient times, mirrors were made of polished metal. The modern mirror is usually a polished sheet of glass with silver on the back. It is very important to know that the glass is not the mirror.

An ancient man must had looked into ponds of still water and seen his image and perhaps quite by accident he noticed that polished bits of metal reflected image. So, he became the first user of mirror. It impossible to find out who was he. Then "the man" deliberately took pieces of metal and shaped and polished them to make mirrors.

Mirrors were accepted by the people of ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome as very useful articles. The first people to learn how to make mirrors of glass backed with mercury and tin were the Venetians. About the year 1300, they began to produce such mirrors and in a very short time they replaced the metal ones that had been used for thousands of years.