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English: This building was ereacted as a way of recording the height of the floodwaters in Dhaka during the monsoon season. It sits in the middle of a pool, surrounded on three sides by a brick terrace, with its fourth side open to a watercourse, or nullah. The pool was used by small boats as a shelter during storms. James Atkinson's descriptive text is sceptical about the accuracy of this "Ganges-ometer". In the foreground are the ruins of a footbridge. This etching is taken from plate 18 of Charles D'Oyly's 'Antiquites of Dacca'.
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Source The British Library
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Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet  (1781–1845)  wikidata:Q7526198 s:en:Author:Charles D'Oyly
 
Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet
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Charles D'Oyly; Charles D. D'Oyly; Sir Charles D'Oyly; Charles, Baronet D'Oyly; Sir D'Oyly; Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Bt.; Charles Oyly
Description British painter, civil servant and scientific illustrator
Date of birth/death 18 September 1781 Edit this at Wikidata 21 September 1845 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Murshidabad Livorno
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creator QS:P170,Q7526198

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