Nilometer
Britishnoun
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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 Nilometer at this place used to give the first and early intimation to the cultivators in Lower Egypt of the quantity of water being brought down from the rivers of Abyssinia.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger
We know that the column of the Nilometer has been frequently repaired, which fact explains the apparent discrepancy between the height of the gauge as given in Benjamin's narrative and the figures just mentioned.
From The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin of Tudela
This is the isle of Rodda, on the bank of which Moses was found, and where you may see the Nilometer.
From The Rulers of the Mediterranean by Richard Harding Davis
All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.
From Xerxes Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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