| 释义 |
† nilescope
obs. variant of niloscope.
1642Howell For. Trav. (Arb.) 223 There is a Castle in the grand Caire in ægypt, called the Nilescope, where there stands a Pillar with certaine markes to observe the height of the River of Nile. 1738T. Shaw Trav. 433 In the Middle of it is placed the Mikeas or measuring Pillar, which is divided, as the ancient Nilescopes may be supposed to have been, into Cubits. |