Optical Tool
notes: label: Description
content: This optical tool came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker.
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.315158.009
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens grinding/polishing tool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 31 cm; 3/8 in x 12 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 12 in; 1.5875 cm x 30.48 cm