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 little island is only five hundred yards long and sixty yards wide, and contains the Temple of Isis, Temple of Hathor, a kiosk or pavilion, two colonnades, and a small Nilometer.
From A Trip Abroad by Don Carlos Janes
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
He looked uneasily at the Nilometer, in which the water had sunk.
From Historical Miniatures by August Strindberg
The moon-god Khons bears in his hands either a palm-branch or "the Nilometer."
From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley
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