Wilson, Charles William, Sir (1836-1905), Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924), Fenn, Harry (1838-1911) · D. Appleton · leaf 571
A water-wheel (sâkiyeh) on the canal. When the creaking wooden wheels are in motion the earthenware jars, strung to ropes made of palm fibre, revolve, alternately dripping into the water and emptying themselves into a trough connected with a reservoir
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