Lens Grinding Machine
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Jr., Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Treadle-operated lens grinding machine used by 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.315151
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lens Grinding Machine
label: Object Name
content: lens grinding machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 in x 28 3/4 in x 18 in; 132.08 cm x 73.025 cm x 45.72 cm