Associations to the word «Nilometer»

Wiktionary

NILOMETER, noun. A device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras