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It is to minimize the error percentage of parallax. Also we can easily identify if the spectrometer has been moved beyond 270 degrees If we take readings on two scales and then average of it, the value would be more accurate

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Q: Why does the spectrometer have two sets of vernier scales 180 degrees apart?
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