Word: northeastern
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...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 may be expected later...
...Northeastern Section.Harvard Yale...
...physics and the other sciences were taught. When Professor Cooke was first appointed a full professor he was unusully young and unexperienced, but it was owing to his zeal and energy that the first chemical laboratory was instituted. It was in the northwestern basement of University Hall, the northeastern basement being occupied by a baker's shop. Professor Cooke first ousted the baker in extending his laboratory, and a year or two later obtained more convenient quarters upstairs, effecting many of these improvements at his own expense. A few years later, in 1857, as a result of his labors, Boylston...
...northeastern part of France may be divided into three parts drained by the Seine, the Meuse and the Moselle respectively. The region drained by the Meuse is very narrow. The river itself is like the trimmed Lombardy poplars which grew along the roadsides in France, having a long slim trunk and few branches. Unlike the Meuse the Seine and the Moselle draw their waters from a wide area...
...Northeastern Section...