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Alidade
    • Setting:
      Room VI
    • Maker:
      Francesco Morelli
    • Place:
      Rome
    • Date:
      1788
    • Materials:
      brass
    • Dimensions:
      length 670 mm
    • Inventory:
      3603
    • Alidade (Inv. 3603)

Alidade consisting of a flat bar fitted with sights hinged at the ends. Probably intended for mounting on a plane table. Signed by Francesco Morelli, about whom we have no information.

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