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Sante Menini, Mobile astronomical quadrant

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Sante Menini (17th-18th century)
Mobile astronomical quadrant, 1710
Bologna, Museo della Specola, Universitŕ di Bologna, inv. MdS 118

Observatory quadrant fitted with two telescopes (one of which is missing). The articulated central joint allowed the user to orient it in any direction to perform both astronomical and topographical observations and measurements.