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Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "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." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881 - 1884. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6032-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. "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." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6032-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library. (1881 - 1884). 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. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-6032-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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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., (1881 - 1884)
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