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Doc. 45.] SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS. 225
There was a glass with a candle placed under it, which made
the thing itself and the object much lighter; so that any one
could see the blood in the fishes flowing swiftly, like small
rivulets; for it flowed in this manner, and just as fast.
P. S. At a watchmaker’s, Antram , I saw a curiosity which
I cannot forbear mentioning: it was a clock which was still,
and without any motion. On the top of it there was a candle,
and when this was lighted, the clock began to go and to keep
its true time: but as soon as the candle was blown out, the
motion ceased, and so on . There was nothing on the top, or
near the candle, which could be heated by the flame or the
fire, and which could thus set the clock in motion. He showed
me also the interior, which was entirely different from any
other clock. He told me that nobody had as yet find out,
how it could be set in motion by the candle.
P. S. Please remember me kindly to sister Anna,* my
dear sister Hedvig,t and also to Brother Ericus Benzel,68 the
little one; about whose state of health I always desire to hear.
DOCUMENT 45.
SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS.
Most honoured friend and brother,
Since my last letter, which I sent you from
Holland by the mail packet, I have not had the honour of
paying you my respects; I am sorry it has been so long.
After that time I left Holland, intending to make greater
progress in mathematics, and also to finish all I had designed
in that science. Since my arrival here I have been hindered
in my work by an illness which lasted six weeks, and which
interfered with my studies and other useful operations; but I
have at last recovered, and am beginning to make the
Swedenborg’s sister, the wife of Ericus Benzelius.
+ A younger sister of Swedenborg, married to Lars Benzelstjerna.s
* Benzelius’ Collection , Vol. IV, No. 149.
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