Lens Grading / Polishing Tool
notes: label: Description
content: Circular iron gizmo from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. It was probably used to figure lenses.
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.315158.337
label: catalog number
content: PH*315158.337
label: accession number
content: 215541
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens grinding/polishing tool
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 4.445 cm