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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL 





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A REPERTORY OF 



INDUHMI, gCIlNCi, km IHT; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PEOCEEDII&S OF THE CAIADIAI IISTITUTE. 



TOROlfTO, UPPER CANADA, DECEMBER, 1853. 



CONTENTS 



Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Institute 97 



Annual Report of the Council of the Canadian Institute. 97 



The Railroads of Canada 99 



Perreaulx Dividing Machine 102 



Penny Wisdom 103 



Pendulum Steam Engine; by Mr. Vincent Parkes, with 



plates 106 



The Ancient Miners of Lake Superior; by Mr. Charles 



Whittlesey 106 



The Natural History of the British Seas ; by Prof. Edward 



Forbes 109 



Government School of Mines . 110 



Agricultural Extracts, — 



The origin of some Agricultural Inventions ._ 111 



Vegetable Sports ; Supposed origin of Wheat 111 



The Potatoe Disease 111 



The Effects of Liquid Manure 112 



Con'espondence 112 



Reviews, — 



Geological Survey of Canada, John Lovell, Quebec 112 



American Joui'nal of Science and Arts — A. H. Armour, 



Toronto .... 114 



Scientific Intelligence, — 



On the Optical Properties of a Salt of Quinine 115 



Reduction of Metals by Phosphorus and Sulphur 115 



The Cloves of Commerce . 110 



Liquid Glue lici 



Preservation of Eggs 116 



The New Railway Locomotive 116 



New Method of Pi-opeliing Vessels 116 



New System of Manufacturing Sugar 116 



Monthly Meteorological Register 117 



Royal Geographical Society 118 



The Electric Light 118 



New Alcohol 118 



Miscellaneous Intelligence, — 



Domestic — Toronto Northern Railroad .. 118 



Canadian Canals 119 



Foreign — Death of the Countess of Lovelace 119 



The Iron Trade . 119 



New Thermometer 120 



Electric Telegraphs in India 120 



Charity ] 20 



Turkey in Europe 120 



Transmission of Motive Power 120 



Railway Traffic in Great Britain 120 



The Debt of the United States 120 



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PUBLISHED BY HUGH SCOBIE, TORONTO, 



FOR THE 



COUNCIL OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



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All Communications to be addressed to the Editor of the Canadian Journal, Toronto. Remittances to be sent to the 



Treasurer of the Canadian Institute. 



