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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. . 



TOROXTO, UPPER CANADA, MARCH, 1854. 



CONTENTS: 



Norris's Railway Joint Chair 



Preliminary Account and Results of the Expedition of Dr. 

 Richard Lepsius to Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Penin- 

 sula of Sinai 



The Austrian Imperial Printing Office 



Atmospherical Electricity, by Professor Joseph Lovering... 



General Meteorological Register for Toronto, 1853, by Pro- 

 fessor Cherriman 



Meteorological Observations at Hamilton, by W. Craigie, 

 M.D 



Meteors and Falling Stars, by T. Henning, Esq 



On the Duration and Expectation of Life in Canada, by Gr. 

 H. Dartnell, Esq 



Table of the Expectancy of Life 



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191 

 192 



Robert Stephenson, M.P 192 



Mining Insects 193 



Paper from Wood Fibre 194 



Transactions of the Canadian Institute 194 



The Canadian Institute and the Toronto Athenasum 195 



Chemical Composition of Shells of certain Brachiopods 195 



Toronto Harbour - 195 



The Pompeian Court at the Sydenham Palace 196 



Dr. Church's Breech-Loading Cannon 197 



Manufacture of Gold Pens 197 



The Railways of the World 197 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 198 



" " Montreal 199 



" " " Quebec 200 



CONTENTS OF SUPPLEMENT: 



The Importance of Scientific Studies to Practical Men, by 



John Langton, Esq., M.P.P 201 



The Great Western Railroad 204 



The Buffalo and Brantford Railroad 205 



Prizes awarded to Canadians at the N. Y. Crystal Palace... 205 



The "Niagara Mail" on Lord Rosse's Discoveries 206 



Natural History in its Relation to Agriculture, by Professor 



Hincks 207 



The late remarkable Weather in England 208 



The Iron Trade 208 



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