Gizmo
notes: label: Description
content: This fairly large metal disc came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. It was probably used to figure or polish lenses.
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.315158.152
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.152
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens grinding/polishing tool
label: Object Name
content: metal disc
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 12 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 31.115 cm