THE CANADIAN JOURNAL 



A REPERTORY OF 



indhstri, geiiNci, km IKT; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINaS OE THE CANADIAI INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, JULY, 1853. 



CONTENTS 



Irish Industrial Exhibition - - 2C5 



I. TurforPtat...; --- 265 



II. Destructive Distillation of Peat 265 



III. Coal and Antliracite - - - 266 



IV. Iron 266 



V. Copper 267 



VI. Lead - ---■ 267 



VIL Gold and Silver. -- --- 267 



VIIL The Irish Marble Court 267 



IX. Flax and its Products --- - 268 



X. The Linen Manufactures of Ireland - - - 269 



XL Sewed Muslin, Poplin, Tabinets.. --- 269 



XIL Woollens, Lace. _. 270 



Xin. Musical Instruments 270 



Some remarks on the probable Present Condition of the 



Planets Jupiter and Saturn - 270 



Ericsson's Hot Air or Caloric Engine 271 



Report on Table-Moving --- 275 



The Progress of Geology .-. - 276 



Repeopling of Streams with Fishes 278 



On the Origin of Coal Fields 279 



The Northern Railway 281 



Montreal Natural History Society 282 



The Observatory 282 



The Canadian Journal 283 



How to preserve Potatoes from the Rot 283 



MarbleizeJ Iron and Stone 283 



Meteorological Register for St. Martin 284 



« " forToronto 285 



Synopsis of the Meteorological Register for Toronto, during 



the years 1840 to 1853, both inclusive 286 



Public Libraries - 286- 



New Planets... ----- 287 



Boomerang Propellers :'. 287 



Tinning Iron 288 



Plastic Material for forming various objects, 888 



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