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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL 



A REPERTORY OP 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, MAY, 1855. 



CONTENTS 



Some Notes of a Visit to tlie Works of tbc Grand Trunk Railway, 

 West of Toronto, February, 1855. By Fred. Cumberland, 

 Esq., Chief Engineer of the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Rail- 

 way. Read before the Canadian Institute, March .Slst 



Additional Note on the Object of the Salt Condition of the Sea ; by 

 Professor Chapman, University College, Toronto. Communi- 

 cated to the Canadian Institute, April 14th, 1855 



The Unity of the Human Race 



Report on the Results of the different Methods of Treatment pur- 

 sued in Epidemic Cholera 



On the Recent Cold Weather, and on the Crystals of Snow observed 

 during its coutinuance ; by James Glaisher. Read before 

 the Meteorological Society, London, March 27 



The Geological Survey of Canada 



On the Durability of Railroad Iron ; by William Truran, Esq 



Discovery of Ancient Greek Sculpture 



Inauguration of the Calcutta Railway 



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Novel Galvanic and Electrotype Apparatus 242 



Canadian Minerals at the Paris Exhibition 241 



The Refuse of the Smelting Machine 242 



Proceedings of the Canadian Institute 243 



Special General Meeting, April 21st 243 



Proceedings of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec 244 



Chair of Natural History, Edinburgh Universitj' 244 



The Hurricane of the 18th of April, 1855 244 



Miscellaneous Intellioesoe. 



Elevation of Land in Human Period j 245 



Velocity of the Electric Current 244 



Egg of the Epyornis ^ 244 



New Gigantic Fossil Bird 244 



Meteorological Observations at Fort Brady, Michigan 245 



Monthly Meteorological Register for Toronto 24G 



Isle Jesus 247 



Quebec 248 



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