Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-01-29 | Page 8 | Ptolemy's Mirror Made of Chinse Iron

Ptolemy's Mirror Made Of Chinese Iron Ptolemy's Ptolemy s mirror was a large mirrOr mirror mirror mir mir- said to have been placed Inthe in inthe th the the- tower of the Pharos of Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria Alex Alex- andria by Ptolemy the famous Arabian writer writ writ- er s says ys that this mirror was made of Chinese iron genn and that shortly b bIt alter after the Saracen c conquest t tl of f agypt it was destroyed by the Christians to prevent its falling Into the hands of their oppressors In Ptolemy's Mirror was made of polished steel It reflected the greater part of lower Egypt and a portion of the Mediterranean sea and enabled the observer to detect either the approach of a hostile fleet leet or the existence nce of a disturbance disturbance disturbance disturb disturb- ance on land This account of or Ptolemy's Ptolemy s Mirror is generally re regarded regarded regarded re- re as aa fabulous