Camera Lens
name: label: maker
content: Fitz, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: This camera lens came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. An inscription on one side reads "H. Fitz / Maker."
label: Description
content: In 1839, while working as a locksmith, Fitz became interested in astronomy, optics and photography. Following his untimely death in 1863, Fitz' widow obtained a patent on his photographic objective.
label: Description
content: Ref: H. Fitz, "Improvement in Achromatic Lenses," U.S. Patent 44,483 (Sept. 27, 1864).
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.315158.200
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: camera lens
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 5 in; 13.97 cm x 12.7 cm