Telescope
name: label: maker
content: Henry Fitz
label: maker
content: Fitz, Henry
notes: label: Description
content: Refracting telescope with an 8¼ inch achromatic objective, and a 61-inch wooden tube with brass fittings, and a “H. Fitz / NEW YORK” inscription on the tail piece. Henry Fitz, Jr. (1808-1863) was America’s first successful commercial telescope maker. The form, with a short focal length compared with its aperture, was termed a comet seeker.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.317027.01
label: accession number
content: 229523
label: catalog number
content: 317027.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: telescope
label: Object Name
content: telescope
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 60 3/4 in x 9 in; 154.305 cm x 22.86 cm