Reed level

Water is poured into the center top of the reed grass. The total amount of water, as illustrated by A(100%), needs to be equally distributed across B1 and B2. Equal output at both sides indicates that the reed is horizontally leveled.

A reed level is an Arabic invention for determining level for the purpose of construction. A hole is put through a long straight reed and water is poured into the center. When the flow out of both sides is equal, the reed is level.[1] The device serves the same purpose as a spirit level.

References

  1. ↑ "Engineering in Arabic-Islamic Civilization", Donald R. Hill and Ahmad Y. al-Hassan


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