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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL. 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART, 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, FEBRUARY, 1854. 



CONTENTS: 



Preliminary Account and Results of the Expedition of Dr. 

 Richard Lepsius to Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Penin- 

 sula of Sinai 



Atmospherical Electricity, by Professor Joseph Lovering... 



Francois Arago 



Geology of Gold 



Central Africa 



On the Food of Man, by Dr. Lyon Playfair 



Table of Examples of Dietaries 



On Cider and Perry Making 



Description of some kinds of Galvanic Batteries 



Robert Stephenson, M.P 



Views on the Origin of Terrestrial Magnetism 



Ingenious application of Science and its Results 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute 



The Royal Society and the Canadian Institute 



The Canadian Journal 



Notice of Books 



Correspondence 



Scientific Intelligence : 



An Improved Material for the purposes to which Papier 

 Mache and Gutta Percha is applied 



Rolled Sheets of Bitumen 



Experiment en the Internal Dispersion of Light 



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Telegraphic Inventions 172 



The Royal Observatory ! 172 



Public Health— Metal Pipes 172 



Preparation of Valerianic Acid 172 



Photography on Textile Fabrics 172 



Preparation of Ferrocyanhydic Acid 172 



A New Comet 172 



Separation of Nickel from Cobalt 172 



Fossil Human Skulls 172 



The NovaZembla Bottles 172 



Miscellaneous Intelligence: 



King's College, London 172 



Academy of Sciences, Paris 173 



Ancient and Modern Ships 173 



A Real Gold Mine in England 173 



Forster's Wrought Iron Plates ^ 173 



Consumption of Atmospheric Air 173 



Mileage of Railways 173 



Novel Application of Glass 173 



Institut Canadien 173 



Canadian Canals 173 



Meteorological Table for Toronto 174 



,, „ Isle Jesus 175 



„ „ Quebec 176 



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