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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTIIXITE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, AUGUST, 1855. 



CONTENTS: 



I'aiiP. Pagf- 



On au Earth -Boring Machine. By Colin Mather, i'lT Artifiiial Alcohol "10 



Notice of the application of- the Thistle to the Manufacture of Micro-riiemical Researches on the Digestion of Starch and Amyln- 



Paper, 2fiy ceous Foods. By I'lriLip Behnakd .-\yrks, M.D., London 'Uo 



Further Ob.servations on Associated Cases, in Electric Induction, The Tempering of Steel, : :!lL' 



of Current and Static Kffects. By Prof. Fakaday, D.C.L. ; Oxygen in the Nascent State — Ozone WVl 



F.R.S. ; &e. 299 Chinese Method of Scenting Tea, :il:i 



On taking Daguerreotypes without a Camera. By .T. S. Masiieb, 300 Consumption of Smoke -'A'-'. 



On the Composition of Eggs in the Animal Series 301 Pre-IIistoric History of Scotland, 314 



On the Formation of Brass by Galvanic Agency 302 Permanent Impressions of Flowers on Glass, ?,\o 



The Unity of the Human Race, 302 Ste.am as an Industrial Agent, 31.'j 



On the formation of a Canal between Lakes St. Clair and Erie, &c. Some Experiments upon Coffee as a Beverage 3Ii< 



By Major 11. Lachla.v, Montreal, 303 ('an.adian Institute — Election of Afembers, 31i'. 



Remarks on the Flavouring of Confectionary, 307 Donations Received by 317 



New Expedition into Central Africa, 307 Prevention of Sninke in Steam Ves.sels, 317 



Royal Geographical Society, 308 On the Dicynodon Tigrii^ejis, 317 



Wheat from JEgilops, 30S Citric .Acid Contiiminated with Copper, :!17 



The late Assyrian Expedition 309 Erratum, 317 



The Sault Ste. Marie Canal 309 Monthly Meteorological Table for Toronto 31B 



Use of Lime Water in the formation of Bread 309 do. do. Isle Jcsns— Montreal 319 



Pliotograi)hy— Employment of the Cynned of Iodine, 310 do. do. guetiec 320 



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