Telescope Tube
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Jr., 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 50.5 inches long, 4.25 inches diameter at the objective end, and smaller at the eye end.
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.315156
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315156
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope tube
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 128.27 cm x 10.795 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 3/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 127.9525 cm x 10.795 cm