Polishing Compound
notes: label: Description
content: Polishing compound 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.315158.019
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.019
objectType: label: Object Name
content: polishing compound
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (inside color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 4.5 cm; 7 1/16 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 2 in; 17.78 cm x 5.08 cm