Knife
notes: label: Description
content: Metal knife 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.315158.091
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 1 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; fragment of knife handle: 5/8 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm