THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



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INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



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TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, JANUARY, 1855. 



Page. 

 Lighthouse on the New South Shoal, Nantucket, XT. S. — The 



Screw Pile — the Pneumatic Pile 121 



CONTENTS: 



Meteorological Observations, &c., on Lake Nipissing, during the 

 months of October and November, 1854; by Alex. Murray, 



Assistant Provincial Geologist 146 



Climate of the Crimea 14C 



Mineral Wealth of the Ottawa Begion 147 



Railways in Canada 147 



Elements of Food 148 



On the Cause of the Aurora Borealis ; by Professor A. De La Rive 124 



The Mints of the United States ; by Professor Wilson 128 



On Marine Boilers ; by J. A. Roebling, C.E., Niagara Falls 131 



Proceedings of the Canadian Institute 133 



Second Ordinary Meeting — Saturday, December 9th, 1854... 134 



Annual General Meeting — ^Saturday, December 17th, 1854... 134 



Books purchased for the Library 135 ! Distances between leading Cities in the United States 148 



Donations 136 ! Consumption of Smoke 148 



Alphabetical List of Members of the Canadian Institute 137 ' Miscellaneous Intelligence 149 



Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec .... 141 Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 150 



Professor Edward Forbes 141 „ .. .. St. Martin's, Isle Jesus 151 



Twenty-fourth Meeting of the British Association for the Advance- ,, , 



, . t, . * 1JO '■ " " Quebec 152 



ment of ocicnco 143 ' 



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