Board game with inlays of ivory, rock crystal and glass paste, covered with gold and silver leaf, on a wooden base ( Knossos, Minoan chronology | New Palace period 1600 – 1500 B. C., Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete )

The collections of ancient jewellery and bronzes, Greek vases and Roman glass and silver are particularly important.

Still Life with Glass Flask and Fruit, c. 1750 ( note reflected light on glass / silver )

If the glass is cooled quickly in the absence of a strong light source by putting ice on the glass or placing it in the freezer with the door almost closed, it turns backwards ( i. e. the silver sides trail ).

The body is now in the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Goa, where it was placed in a glass container encased in a silver casket on 2 December 1637.

Souvenir ceramics were produced depicting named gladiators in combat ; similar images of higher quality, were available on more expensive articles in high quality ceramic, glass or silver.

It was in 1744 when von Kleist lined a glass jar with silver foil, and charged the foil with a friction machine.

His process involved the deposition of a thin layer of metallic silver onto glass through the chemical reduction of silver nitrate.

Nowadays, mirrors are often produced by the vacuum deposition of aluminium ( or sometimes silver ) directly onto the glass substrate.

The tin ( II ) chloride is applied because silver will not bond with the glass.

A low aluminium glass mirror is manufactured by coating silver and two layers of protective paint on the back surface of glass.

A safety glass mirror is made by adhering a special protective film to the back surface of a silver glass mirror, which prevents injuries in case the mirror is broken.

A silver glass mirror is an ordinary mirror, coated on its back surface with silver, which produces images by reflection.

This kind of glass mirror is produced by coating a silver, copper film and two or more layers of waterproof paint on the back surface of float glass, which perfectly resists acid and moisture.

The next major change was to use silver on glass rather than metal, in the 19th century such was with the Crossley reflector.

Pictish penannular brooch, 8th century, silver with gilding and glass.

Innocent XI was subsequently considered by many to be incorrupt, and his body was placed in a glass and bronze-work sarcophagus with his face and hands covered in silver.

Silver nitrate is used as the starting point for the synthesis of many other silver compounds, as an antiseptic, and as a yellow stain for glass in stained glass.

Another oxidation reaction is the basis of the silver mirror test.

The name silver mirror test arises because this reaction will produce a precipitate of silver whose presence can be used to test for the presence of an aldehyde.

Spectral reflectance curves for aluminium ( Al ), silver ( Ag ), and gold ( Au ) metal mirror s at normal incidence.

Schmidt-Pechan roof prism use aluminium mirror coating ( reflectivity of 87 % to 93 %) or silver mirror coating ( reflectivity of 95 % to 98 %) is used.

In older designs silver mirror coatings were used but these coatings oxidized and lost reflectivity over time in unsealed binoculars.

Aluminium mirror coatings were used in later unsealed designs because it did not tarnish even though it has a lower reflectivity than silver.

Silver is used in modern high-quality designs which are sealed and filled with a nitrogen or argon inert atmosphere so the silver mirror coating doesn't tarnish.

This reflectivity is much improved compared to either an aluminium mirror coating ( 87 % to 93 %) or silver mirror coating ( 95 % to 98 %).

The image is formed on the surface of the silver plate ( resembling the surface of a mirror ) and is unstable ; it can easily be rubbed off and will oxidize in the air, so from the outset daguerreotypes were mounted in sealed cases or frames with a glass cover.

Its appeal lies in the " magic mirror " effect of light striking the polished silver plate and revealing a silver image which can seem ghostly and ethereal even while being perfectly sharp, and in the sense of achievement derived from the dedication and handcrafting required to make a daguerreotype.

The only cosmetic difference between an RLV disc and a regular factory-pressed Laserdiscs was their reflective purple-violet ( or blue with some RLV discs ) color resulting from the dye embedded in the reflective layer of the disc to make it recordable, as opposed to the silver mirror appearance of regular LDs.

The silver mined from Huayna Potosí mountain in Potosi provides most of the wealth the Spanish empire would amass until its fall in the early 19th century.

Blue: Combination of zinc sulfide with few ppm of silver, the ZnS: Ag, when excited by electrons, provides strong blue glow with maximum at 450 nm, with short afterglow with 200 nanosecond duration.

By taking a sideways look at the news and bringing out the absurd in it, the pocket cartoonist provides, if not exactly a silver lining, then at least a ray of hope.

A second, newer model of the EyeToy provides similar features, but sports a smaller size and silver casing.

Other colors include: yellow symbolizing the solemn empire, golden or silver colors symbolizing prosperity, red color representing excitement while its scales and tail are mostly beautiful silver colors and glittering at all times which provides a feeling of joyous atmosphere.

eToro provides online financial trading in forex and CFDs on commodities, gold, silver and indices.

While in Cangzhou, Lin Chong meets and befriends Chai Jin, who provides him with silver to bribe the jailers in the Cangzhou prison to make Lin's stay there more comfortable.

Cennino Cennini's " Il Libro dell ' Arte " provides a window on the practice of silver and leadpoint drawing, as well as preparing metalpoint grounds, in the late 14th century.

The water downstream from the weir can be up to 5 – 7 metres deep and provides fishing opportunities for redfin, golden perch, silver perch, carp and to a lesser extent Murray cod.

Alinari provides photographic publishing and its Art Printworks still uses the artisan technique of collotype on paper and silver plates from photographic images.

The discovery in 1968 of a hoard of 110 silver coins provides a link with the Roman period.

The museum, which includes his original libraries and residential areas, provides an intimate setting for visitors to explore the brothers ' collections of rare books, manuscripts, furniture, silver, paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture.

The other state-supported rail route, Pacific Surfliner, uses a unique blue and silver paint scheme that differs from other Amtrak California-branded trains, since the state only provides about half of its operating and equipment costs.

Cordelia provides Wesley with a horsehair bracelet (“ from Keanu, my palomino, before the IRS took him away ”) which does exactly what he needs it to do to the silver bracelet.