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
At 18:21 26/09/00 +0200, you wrote:
>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 int
hoven, Netherlands
lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E
- Original Message -
From: Foeke Tjalma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
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 distribu
Hi Foeke
I know two examples in Japan, time-mark stones, which was used for the water
distribution to rice field.
The one is the noon-mark stone, which was built 350 years ago and used for
the distribution of irrigation water on alternate days.
The other is the time-mark stone of 150 years ago, w
