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THE GAMADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



iNDunBi, §eiiNei, aid ik 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CAIADIAl INSTITUTE. 



TOEONTO, UPPER CANADA, JUNE, 1853. 



CONTENTS 



Correspoiidenoo relating to the Mineral Wealth of Nova 



Seotia.: - 241 



Electric Light and Colour Manufacture 242 



S:iinuelson's Patent Digging Machine ,. 244 



How to tell Gold .--- ^^-^ 



Westrup's Patent Conical Flour Mill, N\itli plate 245 



On Fixing Photographic Drawings 246 



On the Nutritive Value of the Food of Man 247 



On the Structure of Rocks in North Wales 248 



Oceanic Currents '""'^S 



Ericsson's Hot Air or Caloric Engine; by G. W. A. Norton, 



with plate 249 



The Dublin Great Industrial Exhibition 253 



Canadian Institute, — Council Meeting 254 



Provincial Observatory, Toronto .254 



Gold in Canada 255 



Reviews, — ■ 



1. Report of the Board of Directore of the Ontario, Sinicce 

 and Huron Railroad Union Company 256 



2. Report of Alfred Brnnel, Chief Assistant Engineer, 

 Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railroad 257 



Report of the Board of Directors of the Great Western 

 Railway — -- -^' 



Engineer s Report, Great Western Railway 259 



Report of the Directors of the Toronto and Guelph Rail- 

 way Company 259 



Toronto and Hamilton Railway Company -.- 260 



Correspondence, — 



Rara Avis 260 



Installation of the Chancellor of Trinity College. _ 260 



University College, Toronto 261 



Government Aid for the Advancement of Knowledge. . . 261 



Scientific Intelligence, — 



Gold in England.. - 261 



The Fine Arts in Finland.. 261 



Coloured Snow 261 



Mock Suns --- 261 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 262 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Isle Jesus 263 



Galvanic Electricity 263 



Conductability of Minerals 264 



Deep Sea Soundings 264 



New Compound of Caoutchouc 264 



Bank of England Sovereujfl.-;Weig'lHiig Machine . 



N( itice to CorresponclfilijsC J^O i'-- i - '--'-I'^U f-rriss^- - 



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PUBLISHED BY HUGH SCOBIE, TOR 



FOR THE 



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