Pattern
notes: label: Description
content: This cast-iron pattern came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. It was probably used for casting a small telescope mount.
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.315158.203
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.203
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pattern, casting half-model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 14 cm x 22 cm; 2 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in x 8 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 in x 2 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 15.24 cm x 6.35 cm