THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1854. 



CONTENTS 



On a New Smoke-Consuming and Fuel-Saving Fire-Place. 



By Neil Arnott, M.D., F.R.S 25 



Geology of Western Canada. By W. E. Logan, F.R.S.,. FG.S.. 



and Directoi" of the Geological Sui'vey of Canada 27 



Industrial Pathology ; or the Accidents and Diseases incident 



to Industrial Occupations. By T. K. Chambers, M.D.... 29 



Thermography. By Felix Abate, of Naples 31 



Materials for Paper Making — Paper from ( 'iii\--ilung. By 



Alfred Coleman 32 



Political and Social Wealth 32 



On M. Marie-Davy's New Electro-Magnetic Engine. By M. 



Becquerel 33 



Photography 34 



Summary of a Report by Sir Cuarles Lyell, on tlie Indus- 

 trial Exhibition at Now York. — Geological Section 3.') 



On some of the Crystalline Limestones of North America. 



By T. S. Hunt, of the Geological Commission of Canada 3fi 



On the Position of Fire l*laces. — ByDn.XEU, Ar.vott, F.H.S. 3S 

 On tlie Decomposition of Rocks, and tlie Re-composition of 

 tlioir Motnllic constituents. By Jcmx Calvert, Esq 39 



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Materials for Paper Making. By Alfred Coleman 39 



Irish Peat Company 40 



Results of some recent Investigations, by M. Vicat 41 



Product of the Precious Metals throughout the World in 1853 41 



Gulf Stream Exploration 42 



Railroad Traffic in Great Britain and Ireland 42 



Statistics of British America 43 



Toronto Harbour 43 



The Provincial SIiow , 43 



Changes in tlie Level of the Lakes 43 



Materials for Paper Making 44 



New York Industrial Exliibitimi 44 



Miscellanea 44 



Stanno Plumbatcd Iron 45 



The Great Subterranean Railway 4C 



Soapstonc 40 



The Precious Metals in England 40 



Lumbering on the I.ino of the Grand Trunk Railway 40 



Sul)stitute for Gutta Perohn 40 



Kemarkable Temperature at Toronto during July 40 



Toronto Meteorological Table 47 



MontronI '■ " .,.-«^,-nrnuiiiij>.<, 48 



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F O R T H E 



f'OUNOIL OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTK, 



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