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ern States, and especially in Massachusetts and Connecticut, in which 
states not only much of the coarser forms of iron, but of cutlery also, 
is manufactured. We are given to understand that Mr. Alexander's 
third*number in his series on iron is in progress, and that it will present 
the exposition of his microscopic researches into the crystallography 
of crude iron. 
MISCELLANIES. 
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 
1. Protest of Mr. Charles V. Walker. 
"-Baitorial Remarks.—lIt is with much reluctance that we give publi- 
city to the remarks of Mr. Walker, as it is extremely desirable, in mat- 
ters of science, to avoid personal controversy, and we are not sure, that 
in the present case, the blame is not in part our own. The truth is, we 
were in doubt whether the letters of Mr. Sturgeon, referred to by Mr. 
Walker, were intended for publication or not. The subject-matter 
seemed to justify if not to require it, and we were iSnorant of any per- 
sonal claims that intérfered. Still, the letters were retained in hand, in 
hope of hearing farther from Mr. Sturgeon, and they were at last 
published so late, that it seemed as if an apology was due for their delay. 
If we have exposed Mr. Sturgeon to criticism, by publishing what 
was intended to be private, we sincerely regret it; and on the other 
hand, Mr. Walker may feel that he has cause to complain that his re- 
monstrance has not appeared sooner. Being friends of peace, we have 
been hoping to hear from Mr. Sturgeon or Mr. Walker, that the claims 
of all parties were satisfactorily arranged ; but as we have no such in- 
formation, we cannot act impartially (as it appears to us after much 
consideration) without giving Mr. Walker’s own statement of the ease— 
and we are not sure, after all, that we have not taken the course that 
Will fail to give satisfaction to any of those concerned or to the public. 
TO THE EDITORS OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
Kennington Grammar School, Feb. 1, 1841, 
 Gentlemen—In this Journal, Vol. xxx1x, pp. 28-36, is an article rela- 
tive to some experiments made with an extended series of the constant 
battery, containing extracts from two letters addressed to you by Mr. 
William Sturgeon, in the latter of which that gentleman has labored 
hard to connect himself, to the exclusion of those who experimented 
him, with a certain important experiment—the heating of the pos- 
itive ‘electrode beyond the circuit. Had he confined his observations 
