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
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
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
The Nilometer is in a square well 16 feet in diameter, having in the centre a graduated octagonal column with Cufic inscriptions, and is 17 cubits in height, the cubit being 21-1/3 inches.
From The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin of Tudela
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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