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	shaduf. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He then releases the rope, allowing the counterweight to raise the bucket to the desired level, and then empties the bucket and repeats the process.
		Shadufs can be used in a series where it is desired to raise water to a height exceeding the range of a single one.
		It has been suggested that the massive stones used in building the pyramids of Egypt were raised by an ancient variant of this device.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sh/shaduf.html (221 words)

	shaduf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A shaduf is an irrigation tool, originally developed in ancient Sumer.
		The shaduf comprises a bitumen-coated reed basket or other waterproof receptacle.
		A branch or pole, balanced on a fulcrum, connects this receptacle to a counterweight made of clay or other similar heavy material.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Shaduf.html (117 words)

	Egyptian Shaduf - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A shaduf is a large pole balanced on a crossbeam, a...
		Shaduf: Introduced during the New Kingdom period, the shaduf was ideal...
		The shaduf and the saqia wheel are still used to life water from the...
	egyptian.fabug.com /index.php?k=egyptian-shaduf (941 words)

	Water Pump History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Their shaduf, or swipe, was a long wooden lever that pivoted on two upright posts situated on the riverbank.
		To operate the water pump, the user pushed the pole down so that the bucket filled with water; the counterweight then helped to raise the bucket, which was emptied into a trough that led to the irrigation ditch constructed between the river and the fields.
		The shaduf became popular throughout the Middle East, and was the only form of water pump used in that region for the next two thousand years.
	www.bookrags.com /history/sciencehistory/water-pump-woi (622 words)

	Water Raising Machines
		Early examples of water raising machines includethe shaduf (fig 1), saqiya (fig 2) and noria (fig 3).
		The shaduf was known in ancient times in Egypt and Assyria.
		The machines used a flume-beam: instead of a pole, an open channel is connected to a scoop, which has its spout elongated into a flume.
	www.ummah.net /history/scholars/water (986 words)

	Shaduf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A shaduf is an ancient water-raising device used by early Egyptians.
		It consists of a container made of animal skins or clay attached to a lever counterbalanced by stones.
		The shaduf by the museum can hold 20 liters of water.
	www.mrzimmerman.com /id95.htm (511 words)

	Walter Ruffler - Paper Machines - Designs - Egyptian Shaduf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A wall painting of this shaduf can be visited in the tomb of the noble Ipui in Theben West, 1240 B.C. Nowadays they mostly use motor pumps.
		In the model the rotation of the crank is converted into the oscillating motion of the shaduf lever, the jaw of the crocodile will be opened by a bell crank lever.
		Normally he is a peaceful fellow, but if his peace is disturbed and the crank is turned - he will jump up, lift his paws, beat his wings and snap with his respectable jaw - until he sits down peacefully as if nothing has happened.
	www.walterruffler.de /shaduf.html (200 words)

	Experimentarium • Photo collection by Th.Schiöler • Man powered • The shaduf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This close-up of an Egyptian shaduf should illustrate the construction of the bearing.
		If the same bucket should be lifted without the shaduf, he would have to use the muscles of his back.
		The shaduf in India (the piccotah) is constructed for a high lift
	www.experimentarium.dk /uk/naturvidenskab_og_teknik/schiolers/shadufer.html (310 words)

	The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
		A shaduf is a balance with a weight on one end and a rope with a flat bucket attached to the other end.
		Shadufs certainly existed in the time of Sennacherib, but far too many shadufs would have been needed to lift the water sufficiently to water the Hanging Gardens.
		An attempt was made to cast a crew out of bronze, because on a clay prism (a hexagonal brick with inscriptions) there is a difficult text which describes how Sennacherib had some kind of pump cast out of brass.
	home-3.tiscali.nl /~meester7/enghanging.html (729 words)

	Steven's Egyptian Tool Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The shaduf is the most important tool in the Egyptian custom.
		When the flooding of the Nile arrived, a farmer would put the shaduf near the river bed.
		Then the pail would go in the water by the farmer raising the shaduf up, then letting it come back down.
	mct.ab.mec.edu /web/tara/group1/steven.htm (101 words)

	Farmers, Soldiers, and Slaves
		In addition to plowing, planting, and harvesting, they maintained the irrigation canals that brought water to their fields and were required to work on the pharaoh's tomb construction project each year.
		A shaduf is a mechanical irrigation device used to bring water from the canals to the fields.
		Skiffs were made of papyrus and were used for travel on the Nile, as well as fishing.
	www.bsu.edu /web/cdkemerly/ss350/unit1/farmers.htm (447 words)

	AllRefer.com - shaduf (Technology: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Technology: Terms And Concepts > shaduf
		shaduf or shadoof[both: shudoof´, shA´doof] Pronunciation Key, primitive device used to lift water from a well or stream for irrigation purposes.
		Essentially the device consists of a long boom balanced across a horizontal support from 8 to 10 ft (2.4–3 m) above the ground.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/shaduf.html (269 words)

	Crane History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		An invention of ancient origin, the crane is used for the loading and unloading of heavy objects and as an aid in the construction of tall buildings.
		B.C. Employed by a single person for lifting water, the shaduf consisted of a vertical support, a long, pivoting beam, and a counterweight.
		The first true cranes, founded on principles governing the use of levers and counterweights, employed a pulley system affixed to a single mast (or boom).
	www.bookrags.com /history/sciencehistory/crane-woi (417 words)

	shaduf stock photos / stock photos of shaduf images search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		EGYPT : ancient shaduf method of irrigation, pharaonic Village, nr.
		EGYPT : an original shaduf, pharaonic Village, Cairo ?
		EGYPT : early shaduf lifted water in a woven basket ?
	www.photographersdirect.com /stockphotos/shaduf.asp (327 words)

	shaduf - Document Repository (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		SHADUF 12 MONTHS MEETING July 5-8, 2005 Faculté de Géographie et Histoire Université de Valencia Avenida Blasco Ibáñez, 28,Valencia, 46010 Sala de Juntas or Salón de Grados
		Queen Rania Institute of Tourism and Heritage QIRTH, at the Hashemite University in Jordan, believes in promoting research, managing archaeological resources, and improving public and professional education in the conservation of heritage, and the dissemination of knowledge.
		All these could be achieved by the wide engagement of all segments of society, including governments, educators, and indigenous peoples, in advancing knowledge and enhancing awareness of the past....
	www.shaduf-eu.org /eng/events.php (93 words)

	Egyptian Shaduf Project - History for Kids!
		This is a project you should do outside on a nice warm day, because you are going to get wet!
		A shaduf is a machine to move water from a lower place to a higher place.
		Put an empty basin up on the step, and the other basin near it, but lower down, and full of water.
	www.historyforkids.org /crafts/egypt/shaduf.htm (319 words)

	Farming in Ancient Egypt
		Another piece of equipment that was used by farmers was the Shaduf.
		The tools were most often made of wood, or of wood and stone, but some copper tools have been found.
		To lift the water from the canal they used a shaduf.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Homework/egypt/farming.htm (561 words)

	African Economics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The people grow millet, sorghum and rice to use for food and use cattle as trading utensils and payment for dowries.
		They designed the shaduf - a contraption lifting water out of the river (Wills p.
		Trade with the nearby Arabs also seals the power of the Mande.
	www.geocities.com /mollyjoyful/africa.html (1061 words)

	Water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		First, locate a picture or diagram of one of these devices.
		Then make a working model of a shaduf and demonstrate its use.
		REED BOAT - Research the types of boats used on the Nile River.
	projects.edtech.sandi.net /lewis/egypt/water.html (205 words)

	Valiant Technology Ltd. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The children also saw photographs, carvings and video footage of modern and ancient shadufs lifting water from the Nile.
		The class researched a variety of ancient water lifting mechanisms including the Archimedes Screw, water wheels and well mechanisms.
		We also made a working shaduf that could lift a full sized bucket of water.
	www.valiant-technology.com /useful/inventa/data.htm (2300 words)

	Guardian's Ancient Egypt Discussion Board: Egyptian inventions useful today? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Go to Google and type in "Shaduf" or Shaduf - "origin".
		A shaduf is a leverage method for raising water to be used for irrigation, and is still in use today.
		For a 20 min research report, look up "Shaduf" on Google.
	egyptologist.org /discus/messages/32/10189.html?1080807735 (239 words)

	Yusuf al-Shirbini's Kitab Hazz al-Quhuf bi-Sharh Qasid Abi Shaduf ("Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf ...
		Yusuf al-Shirbini's Kitab Hazz al-Quhuf bi-Sharh Qasid Abi Shaduf ("Brains Confounded by the Ode of Abu Shaduf Expounded")
		The work, written in 1686 or soon after, takes the form of a lengthy introduction to and commentary on a poem supposedly composed by an Egyptian peasant in which the latter describes the ill times on which he has fallen and lists the dishes he dreams of eating.
		It will interest students of Arabic literature, Ottoman Egyptian culture, the socio-economic and intellectual history of Egypt, rural-urban relations in Egypt, and Arabic linguistics.
	www.peeters-leuven.be /boekoverz.asp?nr=7838 (192 words)

	Mission 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Explain why many people refer to the Nile as a "Gift" to Ancient Egypt.
		Using a diagram, explain what a shaduf is and how is it used.
		The animals in the list below were found along the Nile in Ancient Egypt.
	www.users.bigpond.com /coman1/wq/m2.html (139 words)

	Shortness Of Breath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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	www.asbestosinjuryclaimsresolutionfund.com /shortness_of_breath.html (678 words)

	Picture Item - Discoveries, Inventions and Ideas - A modern Egyptian using a shaduf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Picture Item - Discoveries, Inventions and Ideas - A modern Egyptian using a shaduf
		If there are small pictures in this box, click on them to make them larger and to see captions.
		This is a modern Egyptian using a shaduf to lift water from the River Nile in AD 1999.
	intranet.lissjunior.hants.sch.uk /egypt/ancientegypt/content/html/portal/pg000219.htm (67 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?FN=AO&search_dictionaries=on&refid=ency_refd&q=shaduf (88 words)

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