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
All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
The priests proclaimed how the flood stood on the Nilometer, and the husbandman made corresponding preparations for a scanty or an abundant harvest.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
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 James T. (James Thomas) Nichols
It was my desire to see the Nilometer on the island, and I did see it, but not until after I had sent the boatman to buy a candle.
From A Trip Abroad by Don Carlos Janes
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