In ancient times, mirrors were nothing that convex plates of silver or copper with molten tin. But they gave little result since shortly after the metal of the same became dark and opaque by the action which generated the air about him. Over time, in Italy, more precisely in the city of Murano, two craftsmen discovered that the glass was the best material to create the mirrors. These craftsmen were known to Dominico and Andrea.
While the invention was made in the year 1507, with two men named above are the mirror became fashionable and transcend borders. Both climbed mirror the society that the creators of this material formed a union between them and kept for thousands of years the secret of the manufacture of this product.
By Melanie Kaczka & Emilia Magariños.
