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THE CANADIAN JOURNAL, 



A REPERTORY OP 



INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, AND AET; 



AND A RECORD OF THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



TORONTO, UPPER CANADA, OCTOBER, 1855. 



CONTENTS: 



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HintsforthcFonnatiouofaCanacliauCollectiouot'AncientCi-ama. 345 ' Geology in America : An Adcli-ess delivered before the American 

 On the Extent to which the Received Theory of Vision requires us [ Association for the Advancement of Science. By Professor 



to regard the Eye as a Camera Obscura. By Geokge Wilson', > James D. Dana 375 



M.D., F.R.S.E 347 j Preparation of Aluminum 361 



Modes of testing Building Materials 362 



Canadian Institute — Election of Members 368 



Circular from the Council of the Canadian Institute 363 



Donations received 363 



Canadian Institute Building 864 



Twenty-fifth Meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. Glasgow, 18jj 364 



Erratum, 366 



Monthly Meteorological Tabic for Toronto 367 



Do. do. Isle Jesus — Montreal, 368 



The Prize Essays. 1. Canada: an Essay, to which was awarded 

 the First Prize by tlie Paris Exhibition Committee of Canada. 



By J. .SUEKIDAN HOOAN. 



2. Canada and her Resources : an Essay, to which was 

 awarded the Second Prize by the Paris Exhibition Commit- 

 tee of Canada. T5y Alexander Morris, A.M., Barrister nt 

 Law. 



3. Canada: Physical, Economic, and Social. lly Adam 

 LiLi.iE, D.D 3.31 



Vermes in Grasshoppers. By Wm. Coiu'er 355 



Parasites in the Bat. By Henry Goaduy, M.D 355 



American Association for tlie Advancement of Scieuce. Physics. 



— Astronomy. — Geology 355 



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