Tornado in N. E. part of Ohio, Feb. 4, 1842. 295 
flock of fifteen sheep belonging to Mr. Alderman and near his 
house, was overtaken by the tornado. Six were killed outright, 
their legs were broken, and in many cases their entrails torn out ; 
several of the living also escaped with broken legs. 
Having thus discovered the true ‘experimentum crucis’ for an- 
alyzing the phenomena of tornadoes by observations of groups of 
trees lying upon each other, I felt desirous of applying the same 
test to the Stow hurricane, hoping it might remove the obscurity 
which still rested upon that subject. I immediately set out to 
re-examine the track. The traces of the hurricane were almost 
entirely obliterated, with the exception of those left upon the 
trees ; and upon the north side of the east and west road, these 
being mostly fruit trees, had long since been righted. But in the 
front on the south side, particularly in front of the house G, (see 
this Journal, Vol. xxx, p. 369,) the trees remained almost with- 
out exception undisturbed, and I had no difficulty in recognizing 
individuals which I had before observed. The four trees partic- 
ularly mentioned, p. 373, line 16, are undisturbed, as the track 
of the tornado is here as distinctly marked as it was the day after 
its occurrence. The following groups of trees were measured, 
the first being near the south border, the remainder towards the 
N. 30°W. _ (N. 46°W. ag 6 N. 45 We 9, N. 43°W. 
oN 19 W. 7 North. dN. 68 E N. 22 W. 
(N. 42 Ww. (CN. 46 EB. pest ae Moan SN 34 W. 
gj N25. W. g IN. 45 W. ON. 4B. ON. 63 E 
N. 22 W. | +8. 43 E. aye 39 W. (N. 66 W. 
N. 95 Hig g §N. 60 W. UN. 33 E 22 N. 75 W#* 
N. 40 Wi IN 32. (N63 W. ¢N. 38 W. 
35N 29 B. (N. 62 W. 162N. 51 W 9a § N 6 W. 
N. 43 W.10.N.25B. . (N.38E..~2N. 55 5. 
4)N. 39 W.. (CN. 64 E. 7§X $2 W gg 8 37 W. 
N19 E. ..$N. 73 W. UN 77 BE. “ON. 34 E. 
N. 22 ell yy 30 W. ig §N. 40 W. 255% 43 W. 
BSN 2 ee EN 36 w. J80N. 1 253N 90 F. 
g§N. 32 W. 12)N. 52 E. 19 $8 75 W. 
dN son. (N. 668. UN. 19E. 
two anomalies, amounting to 9° and 13°. Mean of the bottom 
trees, N. 43° W. ; top trees, N. 32° E.; remaining trees, N. 17° 
W.. These are all upon the south side of the central line, or very 
near the centre. On the north side of the track I have no new 
