Polishing Powder
notes: label: Description
content: Rouge polishing powder from the shop of 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.315158.024
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: powder, polishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: powder (inside material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 6.5 cm x 9.5 cm; 1 3/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm