 | John Gardner Wilkinson - Egypt - 1867 - 476 pages
...NlLOMETEU AND Isl.AXD OF RODA. In the island of Roda, opposite Old Oiiro, is the Mekkeeas or Milometer. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar, for the purposes of ascertaining the daily rise of the Kile. This is proclaimed every morning in ¡lie streets... | |
 | Kate Kraft - Egypt - 1869 - 352 pages
...all went to visit the "Kilometer," which consists of a square well or chamber, having in the centre a graduated pillar for the purpose of ascertaining...Nile. This is proclaimed every morning in the streets or the capital, during the inundation, by four criers, to each of whom a portion of the city is assigned.... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - History, Ancient - 1870 - 552 pages
...the river. The height which the water has reached is proclaimed every morning during the inundation, by four criers, to each of whom a particular portion of the city is assigned. The first Nilometer is said to have been erected at Memphis as far back as the time of the Pharaohs : others... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, John Gardner Wilkinson - Egypt - 1873 - 546 pages
...Mékkeeás (measure), is, as its name indicates, used for the purpose of measuring the height of the Nile. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre, of which is a graduated pillar. This pillar is divided into 16 cubits, each 21-jg inches long; the 10 uppermost of these cubits are... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Egypt - 1875 - 620 pages
...Mektceeut (measure), is, as its name indicates, used for the purpose of measuring the height of the Nile. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar. This pillar is divided into 17 cubits, the lowest of which is not marked ; each of these cubits is... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 854 pages
...Cairo, is the celebrated nilometer for indicating the height of the Nile during the annual inundation. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar, divided into cubits of about 22 in. each. A nilometer existed at Memphis in the times of the Pharaohs,... | |
 | 1875 - 846 pages
...Cairo, is the celebrated nilometer for indicating the height of the Nile during the annual inundation. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar, divided into cubits of about 22 in. each. A nilometer existed at Memphis in the times of the Pharaohs,... | |
 | John Small - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 646 pages
...Cairo, is the celebrated Milometer for indicating the height of the river during the annual inundation. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar, divided into cubits of about twenty-two inches each. A Milometer existed at Memphis in the time of... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - Egypt - 1888 - 662 pages
...from Old Cairo. As its name indicates, it is used for the purpose of measuring the height of the Nile. It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar. This pillar is divided into 17 cubits, the lowest of 230 which is not marked; each of these Cubits... | |
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It consists of a square well or chamber, in the centre of which is a graduated pillar, for the purpose of ascertaining the daily rise of the Nile. 
