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research article

Simple and accurate device for sprinkler irrigation flow measurements

authors

A. William Fry, Department of Irrigation, University of California, Davis.
John R. Davis, University of California, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 14(3):13-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v014n03p13a. March 1960.

author affiliations

A. William Fry is Junior Engineer, Department of Irrigation, University of California, Davis. John R. Davis is Associate Irrigation Engineer, University of California, Davis.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

An easily made device—a square-edged orifice—for measuring the rate of water flow in sprinkler irrigation pipe was the most accurate of several such devices evaluated at Davis.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 728.