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 for figuring or polishing 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.315158.143
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.143
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lens grinding/polishing tool
label: Object Type
content: calipers
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: slightly opened: .8 cm x 6.9 cm x 3.5 cm; 5/16 in x 2 11/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 9 7/8 in; 5.08 cm x 25.0825 cm