Object Details
- Description
- This short-focus eyepiece 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
- brass (overall material)
- glass (lens material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.6 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 5/8 in x 2 3/16 in
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm
- Object Name
- eyepiece
