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

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

He looked uneasily at the Nilometer, in which the water had sunk.

From Historical Miniatures by Strindberg, August

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 Davis, Richard Harding

From the Nilometer we went to see the gardens belonging to Ibrahim Pacha; then to the spot where Moses is said to have been found by Pharaoh's daughter.

From What We Saw in Egypt by Anonymous