Nilometer
Example Sentences
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Lanchester concludes that “words longer mean what they once did. It is not a process intended to deceive, but, like the Nilometer, it confines knowledge to a priesthood—the priesthood of people who can speak money.”
From Forbes ● Aug. 7, 2014
All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The steamer was so helplessly deserted by the water, that she would have served for a Nilometer upon which to mark the level, like the rock at Assouan.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Not far from the spot mentioned above is the famous Nilometer that Moses looked upon many a time.
From Birdseye Views of Far Lands by Nichols, James T. (James Thomas)
This is the isle of Rodda, on the bank of which Moses was found, and where you may see the Nilometer.
From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Davis, Richard Harding
