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- Mirrors
Gila Timur offer an unprecedented range of mirrors, in all styles, ranging from Traditional, Oval, Rustic, Modern, Wood and Overmantle. We have probably the largest collection of mirrors in all of Hertfordshire. Check out the categories to the right, and have a look to see if you can find something you like. We have enough to cater for all tastes, and budgets. Don't forget you can visit our shop. We have over 15,000 square feet of showrooms
- Lounge & Living Room
We're sure you'll find something in our Lounge and Living room section. You'll find Oak, Teak, Pine and Mahogany furniture, from all across the globe. Pine furniture from the UK, Contemporary Oak furniture from Lithuania, and Ethnic furniture from India, Bali, Indonesia and Vietnam. Everything is here to make your home a unique place, from CD and DVD storage to sideboards and coffee tables. Whatever your taste, we're sure there's something for you, just waiting to be discovered
- Dining Rooms
We truly do shine when it comes to Dining Rooms. From traditional Oak tables, to stunning Tamarin table slices (Check our Distinctive Dining range here), that will enhance any setting from the ordinary, the extraordinary! Come in and browse our showrooms, and witness for yourself what we have to offer. If you're after an Ethnic feel, again, you won't go far wrong with Gila Timur. We have such a broad range of furniture styles, that seeing really is believing
- Unique, Ethnic & Asian
Our Unique, Ethnic & Asian range of furniture, is what sets us apart from everyone else. We feel you won't find a range of items to match us. Our close ties with our friends in Asia (read our Why Are We Green? page) put as in the enviable position of being able to offer you something that the rest can't. Our site goes some way to exampling that. Browse our site, and have a good look at our products, and if you want a closer look, find out how far we are from you using our Get Directions Button
- Accessories
From Petrified Wooden Coasters, to bowls and plates, our Accessories section is vast, and all encompassing. Whether it's picking up something that just catches your eye, or going for an item that might set off your room in a subtle but unique manner, we have a great range of items here that are well worth your time browsing
- Office
Tired of office furniture with no character? You are sure to find something here to remedy that. Pick up something that will transform your workplace into a workable environment! Our office furniture comes from all over the world, and we're sure whatever feel you're after, we can offer you something both practical and stylish
- Bedroom
We have some exceptional bedroom items. Our UK based pine furniture showcases our more contemporary products, whilst our Oak bedroom furniture from Lithuania exemplifies our more stylised,classic range. We also offer some more obscure items too... but we're certain that whatever your budget you'll find something that will suit your taste, and wallet
- Recycled
We are immensely proud of our links to Recycled, and Environmentally Friendly Furniture. Have a look at our amazingly unique products, all of which are "one offs" in the truest sense of the word. We feel these products showcase Gila Timur's uniqueness as a furniture shop. Even if you're not looking for something along these lines, you might be tempted once you see what these itmes have to offer...
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Mirrors - Reflection
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Law of reflection
The important thing to know about mirrors is that a ray of light shining on a mirror at an angle will reflect off the mirror at the same angle - rather like a snooker ball bounces off a cushion.
In physics we say that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. This is known as the law of reflection.
Standing in front of a mirror, some of the light bouncing off you hits the mirror and then bounces into your eyes.
That can be a bit hard to think about, so let's reverse the process: follow the light backwards from your eyes on to the mirror and then back on to you. This is what we call a line of sight.
Imagine looking in the bathroom mirror and seeing yourself as far down as your belly button. Below your belly button is the bottom of the mirror and then just bathroom wall.
The line of sight goes from your eye to the bottom of the mirror, and then back on to you. You know from the law of reflection that when the line of sight reflects off the mirror, the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection.
Another way of thinking of that is that the ray makes the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle, with your body as the third side. Even through a telescope you can see from your belly button upwards because the bottom of the mirror (the tip of the triangle) happens to be at a height exactly half way between your eye and your belly button.
That holds true as long as you don't move up or down - however far away you are from the mirror. Even if you look at the mirror through a telescope, you still won't be able to see what is below your belly button!
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