Improved Stanhope Lens by Francis West of Fleet Street London J & WE Archbutt Fever Heat

Fever Heat

having not taken enough notice of the falling barometer

An early and interesting example circa 1880

Unlike many of its kind

Improved Stanhope Lens by Francis West of Fleet Street London J & WE Archbutt Fever HeatFor 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