Compact, reflective, easy-to-manufacture mirrors are a critical component for advancing astronomical technology in space. Mirrors are a key component in most telescopes, though they are notoriously ...
Dee may have bought the mirror in Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) in the 1580s. S. Campbell / Antiquity An obsidian “spirit mirror” used by John Dee, an advisor to England’s Elizabeth I, ...
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