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Early examples Johann Gutenberg, better known for his contribution to printing technology, marketed a periscope in the 1430s to enable pilgrims to see over the heads of the crowd at the vigintennial religious festival at Aachen. Simon Lake used periscopes in his submarines in 1902

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When was the first periscope discovered?

The first periscope was invented in the early 19th century by a French engineer named Marie Davey. He used it as a way to see over obstacles while remaining hidden.


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What is a sentence for periscope?

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What the periscope used for?

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Which minesweeper spots the first Japanese periscope?

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What type of waves are being used in a periscope?

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What part of speech is periscope?

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