Stanhope noun¹. ['stanǝp, -hǝʊp] E19.
[Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope (1753-1816), English politician and scientist.]
Used attrib. to designate devices invented by Stanhope.
Stanhope lens a lens of small diameter with two convex faces of different radii, enclosed in a metal tube. Stanhope press an iron hand printing-press, exerting pressure by means of a screw to which a system of levers adds progressively increasing power.

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stanhope noun². ['stanǝp, -hǝʊp] Also Stanhope. E19.
[Fitzroy Henry Richard Stanhope (1787-1864), English clergyman.]
Chiefly Hist. A light open one-seated carriage with two (or later four) wheels, first made for Stanhope.

Comb.:
stanhope horse: suitable for drawing a stanhope; stanhope phaeton a variety of the stanhope.

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