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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
The primary tarnishing agent of silver is sulphur, and before the Industrial Revolution, there wasn't enough of it in the air to noticeably tarnish anything made of silver.
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Fascinating. I love hearing about stuff like this. I tried to look up a little more about it. One of the first things I found was
"The Straight Dope" saying that this is probably not true, because volcanoes produced enough sulfur before the industrial revolution that silver would tarnish. But it does acknowledge the idea and does say that there was less sulfur back then, so who knows?