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  Pocket Telescope

  The pocket telescope is made from brass and bone (or horn). The 4-draw telescope has a decorative white bone/horn draw tube which is lined by brass. The small instrument focuses via a sliding mechanism.
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  Stanhope Pocket Microscope

  The pocket microscope is set in a bone frame. Invented by the third Earl of Stanhope, the Stanhope lens is moderately powerful and was used to inspect specimens or read small prints. This type of lens was used in "Stanhopes," small objects with micro-photographs inside to be viewed through the lens. These instruments were used mainly as novelty items.
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  Waistcoat Pocket Stanhope Microscope

  The handle of the waistcoat microscope is made from either bone or ivory. Invented by the third Earl of Stanhope, Stanhope lenses were moderately powerful and used to inspect specimens as well as read small prints. This type of lens was used in "Stanhopes," small novelty objects that contained microphotographs inside to be viewed using the lens.