Telescope Tube
notes: label: Description
content: Telescope tube 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.315158.021
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.021
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (base material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.5 cm x 6 cm; 8 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 2 5/16 in; 20.955 cm x 5.9055 cm