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If the smallest pattern of an academician — one 

 called to his chair for a successful piece of poetry — 

 had made such a discovery, he would by this time 

 have had crosses from every sovereign in Europe ; but 

 these are only two fishermen ! 



The bestowal of the cross, when it is richly 

 merited, honors the giver ; and, in any case, tends 

 to elevate the receiver. Not only crosses, but statues 

 are due to Gehin and Eemy, and posterity, more just 

 than their contemporaries, will do them right. 



INJUSTICE TOWARDS THE INVENTORS. 



On the announcement of Gehin and Eemy's beau- 

 tiful discovery, the scientific world was of course in 

 commotion. Envoys firom the. academies of Paris, 

 Holland and Strasburg, came to the inventors to be 

 assured of the reality of their claims. Eeports 

 attesting the truth were made to the Academy of 

 Sciences and the government. Mr. Gehin was called 

 to Paris. There he met the most honorable and 

 friendly attentions from his countryman Mr. Buffet, 

 the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, from 

 whom he received many dinner invitations. He had 

 also the honor of being invited to dine with the Pre- 

 sident of the Republic. Besides all this, the Academy 

 of Sciences inscribed the names of Messrs. Gehin and 

 Eemy among its members. 



All these circumstances denoted veiy clearly that 



