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EULOGIUM OF SANDEL. 11
Explicandi; that of the second, Regnum Subterraneum
sive Minerale de Ferro ; and that of the third, Regnum
Subterraneum sive Minerale de Cupro et Orichalco. *
These volumes, being solid and learned compositions,
ornamented with plates to assist the reader to understand
the descriptions, &c., in the text, could not but add
to the favourable opinion that the learned of foreign
countries had already conceived of our Swedenborg.
The Consistory of the University, and the Academy
of Sciences, of Upsal, did themselves the honour of
being the first to acknowledge the merit of their illus
trious countryman, and to shew him marks of their
esteem. The Consistory, in 1724, had invited him to
accept the situation of Professor of the Pure Mathe
matics, vacant by the death of Nils Celsius ; and this,
because, as they expressed themselves, his acceptance of
the office would be to the advantage of the students and
the ornament of the University. But he declined the
honour. The Academy of Sciences admitted him into
the number of its members in 1729.
But the learned abroad now hastened to give him
marks of their consideration. The Academy of Sciences
of St. Petersburg appointed him a Corresponding Mem
ber, by a diploma dated Dec. 17th, 1734. Christian
Wolff, and other foreign literati, were eager to establish
with him a literary correspondence, and consulted him on
many intricate subjects. The Editors of the Acta Eru
ditorum of Leipsic, which gives an account of the works
of men of science and literature, found in those of
Swedenborg a rich harvest with which to ornament their
collection. Nor has time yet deprived his Opera Philoso
phica et Mineralia of any of their value. The authors
of the magnificent Description des Arts et Metiers, now
publishing at Paris, have thought so highly of the second
• 1. The Principles of Natural Things ; or of New Attempts at a
Philosophical Explanation of the Phænomena of the Elemen
tary World.
2. The Subterraneous or Mineral Kingdom in regard to Iron.
3. The Subterraneous or Mineral Kingdom in regard to Copper
and Brass.
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