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

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)

Nilometer, nī-lom′e-tėr, n. a gauge for measuring the height of water in the river Nile: any river-gauge—also Nī′loscope.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy