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Alidade for clockmaker's lathe
    • Setting:
      Room X
    • Maker:
      Francesco Comelli
    • Place:
      Bologna
    • Date:
      ca. 1780
    • Materials:
      iron
    • Dimensions:
      length 333 mm
    • Inventory:
      3599
    • Alidade for clockmaker's lathe (Inv. 3599)

The lathe alidade consists of an adjustable rod for blocking at a selected point the dividing plate incorporated into the wheel-cutting machine. This specimen is of unusually refined construction and considerable length. Made by Francesco Comelli.