Nilometer
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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
From the Nilometer we went to see the gardens belonging to Ibrahim Pacha; then to the spot where Moses is said to have been found by Pharaoh's daughter.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
From Old Cairo we crossed over to the Island of Roda, to see the Nilometer.
From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous
If the Nilometer which measures the height of the flood indicates eight cubits, the crops will be scanty; but if it reaches fourteen cubits, there will be a plentiful harvest.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
This Nilometer is an ancient octagon pillar of red stone in the island of Rhoda, on the sides of which graduated scales are engraved.
From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Robert Curzon
