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

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An early and interesting example circa 1880

He is listed as trading from various Edinburgh addresses from 1775 and received early commissions from the physician Dr James Lind

with the aid of more than 130 illustrations

he advertised widely

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

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