THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REFER ORY OP 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINaS OF THE CANADLiN INSTITUTE. 



TOEONTO, UPPER CANADA, AUGUST, 1854. 



CONTENTS: 



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On the Physical Structui-r ol the Wcstom District of Uppor : Electro-Magnetic Engraving Machine 16 



Canada. With Map and iSt-etion. By Vi'. E. Logav, On the Colouring of Wool hy Murexidc 17 



F.R.S., F.O.S., and Director of the Geological Survey of Manufacture of Paraffinc from BituminouH Shale 17 



Canada 1 



On a Method for Preserving the Scnsitivcnes.s of Collodion R.vii.hav Intellioexce :— 



Plates for a considcraVilo time. By Jonv Si'ii.r.KR and ' Ontario, Simcoc, and Huron Railroad 17 



William Crooks 2 Canada Grand Trunk Railroad IS 



ObHervationx on a Telegraph Line between Europe and Canada (ircatAVestern Railroad 19 



America. By L. Tirnuull. M.D 4 Nova Scotia Railways ]'.i 



On a new Smoke-Consuming and Fuel-Saving Firc-placf. By New Brun.swick Railroad 10 



Neil Arxott, M.D., F.R.S il Niagara Sut^pcnsion Bridge 10 



On Visual Education a.M applied to Geology. With Plate. By Angle Railroad Wlice!.>< 10 



B. W.vTERiioisE II.\WKi.\s. F.<i.S., F.L.S Paper from A\"ood 10 



On the Spheroidal State of Bodie.i. By A. IF. CiiuBcn, Esq... 11 



On Osmotic Force. By Professor Graham 12 



■Meteorology of the 2nd Quarter of 1^54 at the Ilighficlil 



CANAmAN IxsTiTiTE — Minutcs of Council 20 



Robert Stephenson, M.P 20 



The Quebec Meteorological Table 20 



House Observatory, England 14 Geological Map of a portion of Western Canada 21 



Ou the Electro-Plating of Metallic Articles with White Metals, | Miscellanea 21 



Aluminium and Silicium, from Clay, Stone, and Sand. ' Supplying Locomotives with Water 22 



By G. Gore, M.D 15 i Properties of Iron 22 



Gold — its Distribution. By Sir Roderick Iutev Mi:nriii.so.\ 16 I Toronto Metcorologicnl Table 23 



The Sticicty of Arts 16 • Montreal •' " „..,.-,.r^ 24 



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