. The American journal of science and arts . es here to be noticed, themost remarkable of which is the second tree in group sixteen,but as this was a small one its direction was probably influencedby the interference of other trees. Our next particular survey was made at Painesville. The tor-nado passed directly over the southeast part of the village, butits greatest violence does not appear to have reached the earthssurface, as it did but little damage in the town. It blew off thebalustrade of the Presbyterian meeting-house ; took off a part ofthe shingles from an old roof, and removed the ro
. The American journal of science and arts . es here to be noticed, themost remarkable of which is the second tree in group sixteen,but as this was a small one its direction was probably influencedby the interference of other trees. Our next particular survey was made at Painesville. The tor-nado passed directly over the southeast part of the village, butits greatest violence does not appear to have reached the earthssurface, as it did but little damage in the town. It blew off thebalustrade of the Presbyterian meeting-house ; took off a part ofthe shingles from an old roof, and removed the roofs of somesmall out-buildings. Hail fell as large as a walnut—quite solid,enough to whiten the ground—and broke a good deal of rain fell to lay the dust in summer—some thunder andlightning. Lasted but a few minutes. In the woods northeastof the village, on the opposite side of Grand River, there was ageneral prostration of the timber. The following bearings wereobserved, crossing from the southeast to the northwest Tornado in N. E. part of Ohio, Feb. A, 1842. 291 Here is the same rotation as at Mayfield and Kirtland, but thewhirling motion is well nigh masked by the progressive motionof the tornado. There are but two anomalies, and these are sosmall as hardly to be entitled to the name. The mean directionupon the southeast side is N, 39° E. which is a little more east-erly than at Mayfield, The mean direction of the bottom treesupon the northwest side is N. 7° W.; of the top trees N. 14° phenomena are still of the same kind as at Mayfield andKirtland, but less distinctly marked. There have frequently been remarked in tornadoes places ofinterrupted violence. This was the case in the present instance,though I think this phenomenon may be ascribed in a good de-gree to inequalities in the surface of the ground. Thus at May-field, near A A, B B, the wind was well nigh irresistible. As theground began to descend towards the river, the tornado seeme
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