Know how the mirror came into existence, which became an important part of our life

History Of Mirror: Every person stands in front of the mirror to make hair or get ready, which makes us face to face with his own face. Especially for women, mirror is their best friend, which proves to be helpful for them in doing makeup.

In such a situation, the mirror plays an important role in the life of all of us, but have you ever wondered who invented the mirror and who was the person who saw his face in the mirror for the first time. If not… then let’s know today the interesting history related to the mirror, about which very few people know.

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It is not that before the invention of the mirror, people could not see their face, but for this they used water. But the face in the water did not look very clean and accurate, due to which it was almost impossible to do makeup by looking at the face in the water.

In such a situation, in the year 1835, the German chemist Justus von Liebig invented glass, for which he made a glass by applying a thin layer of metallic silver on a thin surface of the glass. In such a mirror, the face was clearly visible, in front of which it was easy to stand ready.

However, at that time mirrors made of metallic silver were used only by the rich and the big houses, who used to make mirrors on special order. At the same time, for the poor and middle class people, the surface of the water acted as a mirror, in which they could see the map and texture of their face.

The obsidian mirror can be considered the most important in the cult of the deity Tezcatlipoca, whose name translates from Nahuatl as “smoking mirror”. The MNCN preserves one of the sixteen pre-Columbian obsidian mirrors that are kept in different museums in Europe and America. pic.twitter.com/fTwENbBrFU

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The mirror was believed to be magical

Although the mirror was officially invented in 1835, people used to use mirrors even before that. It is believed that about 8 thousand years ago, mirrors were used in countries like Anatolia i.e. present-day Turkey and Mexico, but from that era, the mirrors were very strange and the face was strange instead of looking clean and accurate. He looked poor.

In ancient times, people considered mirrors to be a magical thing, under which they could meet their gods, goddesses and ancestors. In such a situation, the people of that era used to look in the mirror not to see their face, but to meet their gods and ancestors. Although with the passage of time people learned to use the mirror properly, but for the poor class, the mirror remained untouched for a long time.

From about 4,000 to 3,000 BC, polishing copper was made in Egypt and Mesopotamia in what is today known as Iraq. Apart from this, 1000 years ago in South America, mirrors were made by polishing stones, in which a blurred image was seen.

In such a situation, during the first century, the Roman writer Pliny the Elder had told about the method of making glass from glass, but the face was not clearly visible in the glass made with that technique, while the shape of the person was also in it. He looked small.

the first person to look in the mirror

After coming a long way in this way, in the year 1835 such a mirror was made, in which the face was clearly visible and accurate. Let us tell you that the name of the person who first saw his face in the mirror was Tebele, who was associated with a clan.

After Tbili, the second person to see his face in the mirror was the chieftain of the clan, Puya, who went mad with joy on seeing his face and started making different faces when he looked in the mirror. However, Puya considered the mirror dangerous to the clan, so he had returned the mirror from them.

In this way the mirror had come a long way through different people and tribes, after which today every person from rich to poor class can use the mirror. If seen, as easily as the mirror breaks, it took a long time to make it. So the next time you look at your face in the mirror, don’t forget to thank Justus Vaughan.