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

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

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy

The steamer was so helplessly deserted by the water, that she would have served for a Nilometer upon which to mark the level, like the rock at Assouan.

From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

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 Janes, Don Carlos

Citadel and Mosque of Mahomet Ali The old Nilometer, for measuring the depths29 of the Nile, which was erected in 716, is of interest.

From Travels in the Far East by Peck, Ellen Mary Hayes