Instant World: Instant Oasis

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

149

Length of issue (in feet)

506

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Science has given time a different meaning - what was once the work of years is now achieved in days; days are reduced to seconds. This issue looks at a few of the developments which are helping to make this an instant world. A crop of vast circular oases are creeping across the Libyan desert as a new way of creating an instant oasis gets under way. A huge sprinkler arm sweeps out a continuous circle of irrigation so that even in the finest soil, where water-retention is almost impossible, plant roots can pick up the water they need to grow.

Researcher Comments

Rotary sprinkler for irrigating desert crops

Keywords

Agriculture; Science and technology; Landforms; Engineering; Design

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 54 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/149

Credits:

Cutter: Andrew Denny
Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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