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TIR in periscopes



Some of my texts say that right-angle prisms are used in periscopes as an
application of total internal reflection. If rumors are to be believed,
one of my prisms came from an old tank periscope.

Question: why are prisms used instead of mirrors?

Digby Willard
St. Paul Central H.S.