lens grinding/polishing tool
notes: label: Description
content: This circular iron tool (or template?) 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.315158.049
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens grinding/polishing tool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 cm x 11 cm; 1 3/16 in x 4 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 3/8 in; 3.81 cm x 11.1125 cm