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A periscope (or berinscope) is an instrument for observation from a concealed position. In its simplest form it consists of a outer case with mirrors at each end set parallel to each other at a 45-degree angle. This form of periscope, with the addition of two simple lenses, served for observation purposes in the trenches during World War I. Military personnel also use periscopes in some gun turrets and in armoured vehicles.
More complex periscopes, using prisms instead of mirrors, and providing magnification, operate on submarines. The overall design of the classical submarine periscope is very simple: two telescopes pointed into each other. If the two telescopes have different individual magnification, the difference between them causes an overall magnification or reduction.
Johannes Gutenberg, better known for his contribution to printing technology, marketed a kind of periscope in the 1430s to enable pilgrims to see over the heads of the crowd at the vigintennial religious festival at Aachen. Johannes Hevelius described an early periscope with lenses in 1647 in his work Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio [Selenography, or an account of the Moon]. Hevelius saw military applications for his invention. In 1854, Hippolyte Marié-Davy invented the first naval periscope, consisting in a vertical tube with two small mirrors fixed at each end at 45°. Simon Lake used periscopes in his submarines in 1902. Sir Howard Grubb perfected the device in World War I.Morgan Robertson (1861–1915) claimed[citation needed] to have tried to patent the periscope: he described a submarine using a periscope in his fictional works.
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I am just a regular one and I broke my key
Standing outside in front of my door, why has it always
to be me?
Ain’t got no money, can’t pay a guy, there must be some
way to get inside
Climb up the gutter – break my neck? Break up the door? –
can’t close it no more
Always me
Hey I am just a regular guy but I broke my key
Broke up the keybit, can’t open the door, why does it
have to be me?
And I wanna ... get inside
I don’t wanna... stay outside tonight
And I wanna... get into my bed
I don’t wanna... sleep outside my flat