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.
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
Diameter of Lens: 1.25 cm
Depth of lens: 1.5 cm
Language
N/A
Type
Three-dimensional object
Identifier
101123
Coverage
England