Shadûf, John Douglas Woodward, 1877–79

Caption: 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 tothe mouth of the canal with little effort: but pulling down the bucket is hard work, and the achine is ruinously extravagant in labour. Also spelt shadoof or shaduf. Date: 1877–79. Shaduf3