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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OP 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART 



9 ^ v^-L_LJxi vy J^5 

 AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, DECEMBER, 1854. 



CONTENTS 



PAGE. 



Geological Survey of Canada. — Keport of Progi-e33 for the year 



1852-3 97 



On the Warming and Ventilating of Schools By Neil Aknott, 



M.D., F.R.S 101 



Anthracite Coal in the United States 102 ' 



The Report on Railways for 1853. By Capt. Galton, R.E 108 



On an Improvement in the JIanufaoture of Iron and Steel. By 



JI. August Latjoel, Paris 101 



On Silica and some of its Applications to the Arts. By Rev. J. 



Bamow, M.A., F.R.S., V.P.R.1 10(3 



Phenomena Connected with the Motion of Liquids. By Peof. 



Tyndall 108 



Determination of the Per-centage of Tannin in Substances used 



for Tanning. By Pbof. Fehlinq 108 



TWBNTT-FOUKTH MeETINO OP THE BeiTISH ASSOCIATION FOR TOE 



Advancement or Science. Liverpool, September, 1854. 



On the .tVnthi-opoid Apes. By Prof. Owen 10 



On Luminous Meteor.s. By Prof. Powell 110 



- On Bomo Peculiarities of the Magnetic Field. By Prof. Tyndall 111 

 On'the Deviation of the Magnet j;' Needle peculiar to Liverpool. 



' By Sir John Ross 112 



On a Kew Refractometer. By Prof. Beunard 112 



On the Influence of the Solar Radiations on tlie Vital Power.s 



of Plants growing under different Atmospheric Conditions. 



By Mr. ,T. 11. Gladstone 112 



On 'he Physiological Properties of some of the Compounds of 



the Organic Radicals — Methyl, Ethyl, and jVmyl. By Dr. 



.James Turnbull 113 



On tho Physiological Properties of Carbazotic Acid. By Prof. 



C. Calvert ♦ 11.'? 



PAGE. 



On the Results of Experiments on the Preservation of Fresh 



Meat. By Mr. G. Hamilton 113 



On tho Preservation of Milk. By the Abbfe Moigno 113 



On the apparently Mechanical Action accompanying Electric 



Transfer. By Mr. A. Crosse 11!J 



On the Action of Gallic and Tannic Acids on Iron and Alumina 



Mordants. By Prof. Calvert 113 



On the Action of Citric, Tartaric and Oxalic Acids on Cotton 

 and Flax Fibres under the influence of Dry Heat and Pres- 

 sure of Steam. By Mr. F. Grace Calvert 113 



On the Heating Effects of Secondary Currents. By Mr. J. P. 



Gas.siot 113 



On the Structure of Lunar Volcanic Craters. By Mr. James 



Nasmyth 114 



On the Probable Former Existence of Pala:ozoic Glaciers. By 



Prof. Ramsay 114 



On tho Thickness of the Ice of the Ancient Glaciers of Xorth 

 Wale.s, and other Points bearing on the Glaciation of the 

 Country. By Prof. Ramsay 1^4 



On the Anthracite Deposits, and the Vegetjible Remains occur- 

 ring in the Lower Silurians of the South of Scotland. By 

 Prof Harkness 115 



Cin the Sub-division of tho Palseozoic Rocks of Scotland. By 



Mr. D. Page 115 



On tlie Foliation of some Metamoi-phic Rocks in Scotland. By 



Prof. E. Forbes 116 



Proceedings of the Canadian Institute 116 



Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec 117 



Meteorology of Quebec 117 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 118 



Do. " " St. Martin's, Isle Jesus 119 



Do. '• '■ Quebec .' 120 



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