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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.

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

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