Q: Is a mirror an object that reflects light in such a way that? ¶
A: Yes, for incident light in some range of wavelengths, the reflected light preserves many or most of the detailed physical characteristics of the original light, called specular reflection.
Q: Was a mirror created in 1937 by Auwarter using evaporated rhodium? ¶
A: Yes, while the first metallic mirror to be enhanced with a dielectric coating of silicon dioxide was created by Hass the same year.
Q: Are mirrors also used? ¶
A: Yes, and to produce magnified or diminished images or focus light or simply distort the reflected image.
Q: Are mirrors often used in magic to create an illusion? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror the opposite? ¶
A: Yes, and the coating preferentially reflects infrared.
Q: Are mirrors a popular design theme in architecture? ¶
A: Yes, and particularly with late modern and post-modernist high-rise buildings in major cities.
Q: Are mirrors used in rear projection televisions? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors manufactured from around 2000 B.C.? ¶
A: Yes, and some of the earliest bronze and copper examples being produced by the Qijia culture.
Q: Are mirrors often used in lasers? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors designed to reflect visible light, surfaces reflecting other forms of electromagnetic radiation are also called "mirrors"? ¶
A: Yes, The mirrors for other ranges of electromagnetic waves are used in optics and astronomy.
Q: Are mirrors dielectric mirrors that reflect the entire visible light spectrum? ¶
A: Yes, while efficiently transmitting infrared wavelengths.
Q: Is a mirror an art in which the face of the bronze mirror projects the same image that was cast on its back? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors installed to reflect sunlight into the town square in the Norwegian town of Rjukan? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors commonly coated with silicon dioxide or magnesium fluoride? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror the plane mirror? ¶
A: Yes, and which has a flat surface.
Q: Were mirrors made by blowing a glass bubble? ¶
A: Yes, and then cutting off a small, circular section, producing mirrors that were either concave or convex.
Q: Is a mirror due to the way human beings turn their bodies? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors being produced in Moorish Spain? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror an important consideration? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors also described by the physicist Ibn Sahl in the tenth century? ¶
A: Yes, and Ibn al-Haytham discussed concave and convex mirrors in both cylindrical and spherical geometries, carried out a number of experiments with mirrors, and solved the problem of finding the point on a convex mirror at which a ray coming from one point is reflected to another point.
Q: Are mirrors also used in scientific apparatus such as telescopes and lasers? ¶
A: Yes, and cameras, and industrial machinery.
Q: Are mirrors widely used in and on vehicles? ¶
A: Yes, and to allow drivers to see other vehicles coming up behind them.
Q: Is a mirror used for furniture? ¶
A: Yes, and doors, glass walls, commercial shelves, or public areas.
Q: Are mirrors mirrors that provide a non-reversed image of their subjects? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors a horror film about haunted mirrors that reflect different scenes than those in front of them? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror produced using inorganic color ink that prints patterns through a special screen onto glass? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror credited to German chemist Justus von Liebig in 1835? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors windows to other universes? ¶
A: Yes, and refers to them as "leaks," a recurring motif in the book.
Q: Were mirrors made of solid metal and were too expensive for widespread use by common people? ¶
A: Yes, they were also prone to corrosion.
Q: Is a mirror produced by coating a silver? ¶
A: Yes, and copper film and two or more layers of waterproof paint on the back surface of float glass, which perfectly resists acid and moisture.
Q: Are mirrors also commonly used by mechanics to allow vision in tight spaces and around corners in equipment? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror durable and more moisture resistant than ordinary printed glass and can serve for over 20 years? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors works of art and can bring color and texture to an otherwise hard? ¶
A: Yes, and cold reflective surface.
Q: Is a mirror removed from the vacuum? ¶
A: Yes, because the coating otherwise begins to corrode as soon as it is exposed to oxygen and humidity in the air.
Q: Are mirrors manufactured by applying a reflective coating to a suitable substrate? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror made by using a transparent substrate and choosing a coating material that is more reflective to visible light and more transmissive to infrared light? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors mirrors that amplify the light they reflect? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors used to cast moving spots of light around a dance floor? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors designed for visible light? ¶
A: Yes, however, mirrors designed for other wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation are also used.
Q: Is a mirror manufactured by coating silver and two layers of protective paint on the back surface of glass? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror very clear? ¶
A: Yes, and light transmissive, smooth, and reflects accurate natural colors.
Q: Is a mirror made of a float glass manufactured using vacuum coating, i.e? ¶
A: Yes, aluminium powder is evaporated onto the exposed surface of the glass in a vacuum chamber and then coated with two or more layers of waterproof protective paint.
Q: Are mirrors sometimes replicated by contemporary artisans for use in interior design? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors commonly used for personal grooming or admiring oneself? ¶
A: Yes, for viewing the area behind and on the sides on motor vehicles while driving, for decoration, and architecture.
Q: Are mirrors commonly used as aids to personal grooming? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors very thin? ¶
A: Yes, and thus very fragile, because the glass needed to be extremely thin to prevent cracking when coated with a hot, molten metal.
Q: Are mirrors employed in kaleidoscopes? ¶
A: Yes, and personal entertainment devices invented in Scotland by Sir David Brewster.
Q: Is a mirror a surface with a very high degree of flatness? ¶
A: Yes, and a surface roughness smaller than the wave-length of the light.
Q: Were mirrors typically small? ¶
A: Yes, and from only a fraction of an inch to as much as eight inches in diametre.
Q: Are mirrors devices which reflect matter waves? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors integral parts of a solar power plant? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror determined by the percentage of reflected light per the percentage of the incident light? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors usually handcrafted? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors passive devices used to reflect and perhaps to focus sound waves? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors often produced by the wet deposition of silver? ¶
A: Yes, or sometimes nickel or chromium via electroplating directly onto the glass substrate.
Q: Are mirrors used also in some schools of feng shui? ¶
A: Yes, and an ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space, to achieve harmony with the environment.
Q: Is a mirror an ordinary mirror? ¶
A: Yes, and coated on its back surface with silver, which produces images by reflection.
Q: Are mirrors said by the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder to have been invented in Sidon in the first century A.D.? ¶
A: Yes, although no archeological evidence of them date from before the third century.
Q: Are mirrors used for remote probing of the atmosphere? ¶
A: Yes, they can be used to form a narrow diffraction-limited beam.
Q: Were mirrors used for selective detection of sound waves? ¶
A: Yes, and especially during World War II.
Q: Are mirrors often used? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors available and are often included in military survival kits? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors used to produce unusual reflections of the visitor? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is a mirror made by adhering a special protective film to the back surface of a silver glass mirror? ¶
A: Yes, and which prevents injuries in case the mirror is broken.
Q: Were mirrors described and studied in classical antiquity by the mathematician Diocles in his work On Burning Mirrors? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are mirrors due to the difficulties in making glass that was very clear? ¶
A: Yes, as most ancient glass was tinted green with iron.
Q: Were mirrors limited in size to a maximum area of around 40 inches square? ¶
A: Yes, until modern glass panes began to be produced during the Industrial Revolution.
Q: Are mirrors a core element of many of the largest high-definition televisions and video projectors? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Were mirrors pieces of polished stone such as obsidian? ¶
A: Yes, and a naturally occurring volcanic glass.