Hello Foeke, Years ago I heard of a system with sundials in use in Spain to regulate the irrigation of water. I can't remember I have read about it. I think our Spanish friends can be of help to us.
Best wishes, Fer. Fer J. de Vries [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iae.nl/users/ferdv/ Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E ----- Original Message ----- From: Foeke Tjalma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:21 PM Subject: Sundial in use > Sundial friends, > > I found in Oman a sundial which was used,up to today, for the distribution > of irrigation water. > The sundial indicates the water-rights of every irrigation participant and > instruct the waterguard for opening and closing the gates. > I'm interested to know if there are more examples of such dials and > literature concerning this use of a sundial. > > Anxious to hear, > > Foeke Tjalma. > >
