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Stanhope Microscope

Item

Title

Stanhope Microscope

Description

The microscope is set in turned ox bone handle with small lens. Invented by the third Earl of Stanhope, Stanhope lens are moderately powerful and were used to inspect specimen as well as reading small print. This type of lens was used in "Stanhopes," small everyday objects with micro-photographs inside to be viewed through the lens.

Condition:

Cosmetically: The microscope has some used age-related wear, small crack/split in the ox bone to one side near the handle.
Optically: The lens does not magnify normal written books/papers.
Mechanically: The microscope is functional.

Subject

Microscopes

Creator

Stanhope

Source

Dean Reynolds Microscope Collection Powerpoint

Publisher

UNC Charlotte

Date

c. 1800-1850

Contributor

Laura Burgess

Rights

Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission from the Graduate Office, UNC Charlotte.

Relation

N/A

Format

Microscope: 5 cm length
Diameter of Lens: 1.25 cm
Depth of lens: 1.5 cm

Language

N/A

Type

Three-dimensional object

Identifier

101123

Coverage

England

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