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

All these things were regulated by the indications of the Nilometer.

From Xerxes Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

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 Curzon, Robert

Roda Island contains a mosque built by Kait Bey, and at its southern extremity is the Nilometer, by which the Cairenes have for over a thousand years measured the rise of the river.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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

From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy