Object Details
- Description
- This iron gizmo--perhaps a mandrel--came from the shop of Henry Fitz (1808-1863), America’s first successful commercial telescope maker.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Willard H. Howell
- Physical Description
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 cm x 8 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 7.9375 cm
- Object Name
- arbor
