Telescope Tube
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Jr., Henry
notes: label: Description
content: This tapered mahogany tube for a refracting telescope came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. It is 56 inches long, 7.5 inches diameter at the objective end, and smaller at the eye end.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.315155
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315155
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (tube material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (fitting material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 in x 7.5 cm; x 142.24 cm x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: fitting: 6 5/8 in; x 16.8275 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 139.7 cm x 19.05 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: p7097: 26 in x 72 in x 48 in; 66.04 cm x 182.88 cm x 121.92 cm