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Old 10-23-2020, 02:28 PM   #2 (permalink)
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R. B. Fuller's Dymaxions used periscopes. The first one had a free-standing external mirror with flush viewports:


http://best-car-reviews.com/wp-conte...-6-626x382.jpg

Later versions had a prismatic periscope in a blister:


https://lisawallerrogers.files.wordp...maxion-car.jpg

The later version doesn't have the drag of the tubular stalk, but the free-standing mirror probably has a better view.
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