ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Stanhope Demonstrator

A Stanhope Demonstrator is like a tiny microscope that helps you see very small things. It's named after a man named Charles Stanhope who invented it a long time ago.

The demonstrator is really small, like a little bead or button. When you look through it, you can see really tiny pictures, like photos or artwork. These pictures are so small that they're hard to see with just your eyes, but the demonstrator makes them bigger so you can see all the details.

It works like this: when you look through the demonstrator, it has a tiny lens on the other side that makes the picture bigger. The picture is actually printed on a really tiny piece of paper, and the lens magnifies it so you can see it better.

People used to use these little Stanhope Demonstrators a lot a long time ago, especially during Victorian times. They would make little souvenir pictures and attach them to things like jewelry or keychains. When you looked through the demonstrator, you could see the picture of a famous building or site, like the Eiffel Tower or Niagara Falls, in really small detail. It was like a mini souvenir you could carry around with you all the time!