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Administration of Arvid Horn 251
ing. Encouraged by Charles XI, he made many other
inventions.
On a journey abroad he made many valuable ob-
servations. It pained him to see that foreign manu-
facturers bought Swed-
ish raw materials at a
low price and then re-
turned them as finished
products at greatly in-
creased prices. Upon
his return home he de-
voted himself to estab-
lishing mills and facto-
ries for the economic
and social uplift of his
people. Among these
the most noted was
the Stjernsund Factory
in Dalecarlia. Among
its manufactures were
watches of different kinds and tin plate for various
uses, such as roofing, plates, cups, and pitchers. His
machines for the making of watches were the admira-
tion of the age.
From Bender Charles ’XII sent greetings to Polhem
encouraging him to continue his inventions, adding
that he himself was greatly interested in mechanics.
Shortly after his arrival at Stralsund, Charles sent
orders to Polhem to come, bringing his plans and
models. With enthusiasm Charles entered into all his
plans for the improvement of his country. His great-
est project was the construction of a waterway across
Christopher Polhem.
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