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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



DIIHRI, gCIlNCi, AID AHT; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CAKADM IISTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1852. 



CONTENTS: 



EJilorial 



On llie Atmospheric Phenomena of Light, by J. Bradford 



Cherriman, M.A., F. C. P. S 



Gas Patents; by Henry Croft, D. C. L. • 



Eemarks on Thermoraetric Eegisters ; by Captain Lefroy, 



R. A.,F. R. S • 



On the Physical Lines of Magnetic Force ; by Professor 



Faraday, F. R. S. 



Canada in 1852 ; by H. S. Tremenheere. 



The Irish Submarine Telegraph, with plates 



South Wales Railway, with pjales. 



Portable Lifting Machine, with plates 



Canada at the Great Exhibition, with plates. • 



Agricultural Engineering, &c., — 



Reaping Machines 



Usher's Steam Plough, with plates 



Archilectnral Notices,- — ■ 



The Brock Monument. • 



25 



Notes and Queries 42 



Scientific Intelligence, — 



Chemistry and Physics ' 43 



Coating Metals, &c 43 



Rain Waters.. 43 



Dr. Kemp's Electro-Magnetic Engine 43 



Coating and Ornamenting Zinc 44 



The Electric Clock 44 



Monthly Meteorological Register . 

 Miscellaneous Intelligence, — 



45 



Bylown and Prescott Railway 46 



Railway Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River 46 



Canals of Canada, &c. 46 



47 



-•• 47 



48 



The New Crystal Palace at Sydenham.---- 



The Electric Time-Ball in the Strand 



Submarine Rock Blasting 



French Researches at Nine veil.. 



Prizes of the Academy of Sciences at Paris 

 A British Industrial University 



PUBLISHED BY HUGH SCOBIE, TORONTO, 



FOR THE 



COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



All Communications to be addressed to the Editor of the Canadian Journal^ Toronto. 



Treasurer of the Canadian Institute. 



