Improved Stanhope Lens by Francis West of Fleet Street London J & WE Archbutt An early and interesting example

An early and interesting example circa 1880

having not taken enough notice of the falling barometer

Clearly the device was not ultimately successful for Biester but he was confident enough to show his work to Isaac Newton and The Royal Society which should give you a flavour of the circles in which the elder John Gilbert was already moving

with the aid of more than 130 illustrations

although the components have been stripped

Improved Stanhope Lens by Francis West of Fleet Street London J & WE Archbutt An early and interesting exampleFor sale, a William IV period improved Stanhope lens by Francis West of 83 Fleet Street, London. The Stanhope lens so called because it was considered to have been invented by Charles, The Third Earl Stanhope, is a simple microscope comprised of glass cylinder with two convex ends and which could be used for rudimentary scientific investigation. It was popularised due to its easy accessibility to the public in a period when microscopy was a growing