Gizmo
notes: label: Description
content: This iron gizmo. perhaps used for grinding or polishing lenses, 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.315158.065
label: accession number
content: 215541
label: catalog number
content: 315158.065
objectType: label: Object Name
content: grinding/polishing tool
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 8.5 cm; 1 15/16 in x 3 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 8.89 cm