Box of Corks
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden box containing 92 corks and one glass stopper came 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.315158.117
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.117
objectType: label: Object Name
content: corks
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: largest cork: 3 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.62 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: smallest cork: 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 1.905 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: box: 3 9/16 in x 11 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 9.05002 cm x 28.2575 cm x 11.7475 cm