Telescope Tube
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Jr., Henry
label: maker
content: Fitz, 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 73.75 inches long, 7 inches diameter at the objective end, and smaller at the eye end.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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.315157
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315157
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 73 3/4 in x 7 in; 187.325 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: cr7162: 21 in x 119 in x 26 in; 53.34 cm x 302.26 cm x 66.04 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 75 1/2 in x 7 in x 7 1/4 in; 191.77 cm x 17.78 cm x 18.415 cm