THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 





INDU8TRT, SCIBNCB, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1853. 



ONTENTS 



Variations in the Level of the Lakes 25 



On the Seiches of Lakes; by Col. J. R. Jackson, F.R.G.S.. . 27 



The Narcotics We Indulge in 29 



The Electric Light 32 



New Uses of the Leaf of the Pinus Silvestris __ 34 



Manufacture of Sugar — Sugar Extracted from Molasses 35 



Manufacture of Caustic Baryta 36 



The Mines and Mineral Resources of America — New York . . 36 

 Limestone and Marble Quarries on the Shores of Lake 



Couchiching 38 



Aurora and Zodiacal Light 38 



Observations of Meteors at the Provincial Magnetic Observatory 39 



Robert Stephenson, M.P. — with plate 40 



Address to Mr. Robert Stejrtienson, on the part of the Canadian 



Institute 42 



The Stephenson Dinner 43 



Notices of Books — 



The Mining Magazine _ _ 43 



Journal of Education 43 



Mr. Reefer's Report on the St. Lawrence Bridge 44 



American Association for the Advancement of Science 44 



The Comet 45 



Railway Accidents .45 



Iron Sleepers 45 



Improvement of Railways 45 



Mauvaises Terres 45 



What is Coal? 46 



Artificial Fuel 46 



Pisciculture 46 



Monthly Meteorological Register at Toronto 47 



Monthly Meteorological Register at Isle Jesus . 48 







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