Modelle des Kosmos: Vorstoss ins Unendliche
Quadrant

Instrument for measuring angles, equipped with sights, from the Andechs Benedictine monastery collection, sixteenth century
Before the invention of the telescope, the quadrant is the most important measuring instrument for astronomical observations. Its primary purpose is to determine altitudes, but geometricians use it to determine other kinds of angles as well.
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