Editing Mirror (section)

===Industrial Revolution===
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The invention of the [[History of glass#Industrial production|ribbon machine]] in the late [[Industrial Revolution]] allowed modern glass panes to be produced in bulk.<ref name=bonn2011/> The [[Saint-Gobain]] factory, founded by royal initiative in France, was an important manufacturer, and [[Bohemia]]n and German glass, often rather cheaper, was also important.

The invention of the [[silvering|silvered-glass]] mirror is credited to German chemist [[Justus von Liebig]] in 1835.<ref name=lieb185/> His [[Silvering#Silver|wet deposition]] process involved the deposition of a thin layer of metallic silver onto glass through the chemical reduction of [[silver nitrate]]. This silvering process was adapted for mass manufacturing and led to the greater availability of affordable mirrors.