History of mirrors dating back 8000 years

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 775-781

  Enoch, Jay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient mirrors; Corundum; Grinding of mirrors; History of optics; Obsidian

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT MIRRORS; GRINDING OF MIRRORS; HISTORY OF OPTICS; OBSIDIAN;

GOGGLES; MIRRORS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REFRACTION;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ART; DEVICE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MIRROR; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LENSES; OPTICS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 33750041634     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000237925.65901.c0     Document Type: Review

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