Word: shower
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which will be used for a gymnasium and for the rowing machines. The trophies will also be put in it. To the west of this room will be the lockers and to the east three rooms, one for coaches, one for the University crew, while the third will contain shower baths. The other baths will be in the towers. Balconies will extend out from the second story towards the speedway...
...preparations made at the Observatory for the observation of the Leonid meteor showers have met with little success. This is due in part to the recent bad weather. 158 meteors, however, were observed and photographed, 58 of which were Leonids. At one time during the night the meteors appeared at the rate of one per minute and in some cases were of the first magnitude in brightness. They did not constitute a shower...
...meteors thus far observed have given no indication of the shower predicted. There is a possibility, however, that the shower has not been altogether missed, since, if it took place here in the day time, observations may have been made in another part of the world...
...shower of meteors which occurs once in every thirty -- three years is predicted for tonight and the three following evenings. As a rule the shower lasts an hour at about midnight, but on two occasions it has lasted from midnight until dawn. In 1799 and 1833 the shower of meteors was exceptionally fine, but in 1866 it was only ordinary. It will appear as if the meteors came from the direction of the constellation Leo, in the northeastern sky. The best showers will be on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and, if any are seen before midnight, a greater number...
Photographs of the shower will be taken by the Harvard Observatories at Cambridge and Blue Hill, and by Professor Upton of Brown University who is co-operating with Professor Pickering. The idea of these three photographic stations is to give a parallax so as to see how high the meteor is from the earth's surface when it appears and disappears...