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1. Kàravânsérây; 2. Vue de Zaoùyèh; 3. Ná'oùrah [= noria] ou machine à monter l'eau.
[1. Un poisson de Nil.. 2. Étude d'une tête de chameau 3. Qatre Arabes.]
Mansione per le caravane; Altra veduta di Zaouyeh; Nahourah [= noria] o macchina per elevar l'acqua.
Nâourah [=noria] o macchina per elevar l'acqua; Aneddoto relativo a un ladro.
Piante degli edifizi di Owadi-halfa [Halfâ al-Jadîdah] alla seconda cataratta del Nilo, dei quali non rimangono adesso che li vestigia.
"From the Persian of Hafiz [II]." [Ghaselle]. Holograph poem, unsigned, undated.
Shadûf. The weight of the water in the bucket is balanced by the lump of Nile mud at the other end of the swinging beam, and the water is thus raised to the mouth of the canal with little effort; but pulling the bucket down is hard work, and the machine is ruinously extravagant in labour.
Mouse ear (Auricula muris), alsînî, known as âdhân al-fâr, "mouse ear" [top]; Duckweed (Lemna sp.), 'adas al-mâ', "water lentil" . Illustrated as aquatic plants growing on a pool [bottom], fol. 208
Fig. 1. Scheck Ghadder, à la gauche, sur le bord du Nil, quand on entre; Fig. 2. Carullo de Meresel; Fig. 3. Mosquée, à quatre lieues de Rosette, du côté du midi.
1. Ná'oùrah [= noria] ou machine à monter l'eau [plan]; 2. ["est le tableau d'une anecdote, don't le récit est dans le journal, t. I, p. 173"]
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ou machine a monter l eau
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Date
1829
Contributors
Denon, Vivant (1747-1825), Author
Denon, Vivant (1747-1825), Artist
Location
Paris
Source
New York Public Library
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