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Horary quadrant
    • Setting:
      Room II
    • Maker:
      Joseph Pinam
    • Place:
      Italian
    • Date:
      17th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood
    • Dimensions:
      116x102 mm
    • Inventory:
      1306
    • Horary quadrant (Inv. 1306)
    • Horary quadrant (Inv. 1306)

This small solar quadrant displays the hour lines, the months, the lines of the tropics and the equator, and the name of the firm Joseph Pinam painted on one side. The other side displays the windrose. Could be used to determine the hour from the altitude of the Sun. Provenance: Vincenzo Viviani bequest.

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