Lens Holder
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden stand was designed for holding a fairly large lens for testing purposes.It 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.315158.272
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.272
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens holder
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 47.625 cm x 21.59 cm