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

The moon-god Khons bears in his hands either a palm-branch or "the Nilometer."

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy

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

Now they stood again in the first hall, and, pointing to the Nilometer, Amram said, "Famine!"

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August

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)