SHADUF. (Primitive Nile river water pump) 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 down the bucket is hard work, and the machine is ruinously extravagant in labour Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt' by Wilson, Charles William, Sir, 1836-1905; Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 Volume 4. Published in 1884 by J. S. Virtue and Co, London

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Size: 3381px × 4800px
Location: Egypt
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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