Mercury mirror
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Mercury mirror can mean:
- A glass mirror created by Mercury silveringMercury silveringMercury silvering or fire gilding is a silvering technique for applying a thin layer of precious metal such as silver or gold to a base metal object. The process was invented during the Middle Ages and is documented in Vannoccio Biringuccio's 1540 book De la pirotechnia...
- Mercury glassMercury glassMercury glass is the common term for silvered glass, which describes glass that was blown double walled, then silvered between the layers with a liquid silvering solution, and sealed. Although mercury was originally used to provide the reflective coating for mirrors, elemental mercury was never...
mirror.
- Mercury glass
- A component of liquid mirror telescopes