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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OF 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND ART 



AND A KECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OE THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TOROXTO, UPPER CANADA, SEPTEMBER, 1855. 



CONTENTS: 



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On. the formation of a Canal between Lakes St. Clair aud Erie, &c. j Specifications of the Patent granted to James A. CrxTixr,, of Bos- 



By Major K. Lachlax, Montreal, 321 ton, in the United States of America, Photographer, for an 



Coleoptera collected in Canada. By Wm. Coxjteh, Toronto 324 \ Improved Process of taking Photographic Pictures upon Glass, 



Canadian Coleoptera in the Collection of Fred. H. Ibbetson, Assis- ' and also of Beautifying and Preserving the same 339 



tant Commissai-y General, Montreal 325 [ Professor Owen on the Social Position ancl Rewards of Scientific 



Reviews 327 ■ Merit in England 339 



Direct Nature-Printing from Wood, in an endless way, applied to ' Cedar from Canada 340 



the Decorative Arts. By Felix Abate, of Naples 332 j Natural History Society of Montreal 340 



On Hydraulic Limes, Artificial Stones, and different novel applica- i Miscellaneous Intelligenxe. — Adulteration of Oils,— Copper 



tions of Soluble AlkaUne Silicates. By M. Fr. Kuhlman 333 j Coinage, — Oil and Alcohol,— Steam Fire-Engine?,— Telegraph to 



The Arctic Expeditions 33-5 i India, — Important Discovery, — Canadian Telegraph Companies, 



Discovery of important Greek Manuscripts 330 \ — Suspension Bridge over the Dnieper nt Kief, — Immigration 



The late Earthquake 336 



Ship Canal across the Isthmus of Suez 337 



Charcoal as a Deodoriser and Disinfectant 337 



into Canada, — Protection of Iron from Oxidation 341 



Erratum, 341 



Monthly Meteorological Table for Toronto 342 



Marine Losses on the Liikes in 18-ri4 338 do. do. Isle Jesus — Montreal, 343 



M.anufnctiire of Paper 3381 ilo. do. Quebec, 344 



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