Prisms (8)
notes: label: Description
content: Eight glass prisms 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.315158.252
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.252
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prisms
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall; largest prism: 1/2 in x 2 5/16 in x 1 in; 1.27 cm x 5.87375 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; smallest prism: 5/16 in x 9/16 in x 5/16 in; .79375 cm x 1.42875 cm x .79375 cm