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230 [Doc. 46.
SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE.
to the commission respecting the books, several of which I
was able to find ; I intrusted Secretary Gedda with the care
of receiving them from the bookseller, with whom they now
are until further orders. I would have taken charge of them
myself, could I have found an opportunity of sending them to
Rouen, and thence to Sweden. In case you have occasion to
correspond on any literary matters in Paris, Secretary Gedda
offers his services; he is well known to a part of the learned,
and is versed in scientific studies and literary history. At the
close of my stay in Paris, I made a general tour all over the
city in company with several others, that I might see what
was to be seen. I took my companions also to those of
your friends whom you were kind enough to name to me,
and they showed us every politeness for your sake; you have
left among them an uncommon esteem and affection . As soon
as Father le Quien heard your name, he did not know what
books to show us first in his library, and what service he
could offer to us, who were acquainted with you.
With Father le Long, also, who has a history of literature
in hand, it was the same. It would be a heart- felt delight to
them , and it is a strong wish of theirs, that you may once
more have an opportunity of being with them .
I am very glad that I have come to a place where I have
time and leisure to gather up all my works and thoughts,
which have hitherto been without any order, and are scattered
here and there upon scraps of paper. I have always been in
want of a place and time to collect them. I have now com
menced this labour, and shall soon get it done. I promised
my dear father to publish an academical thesis, for which
I shall select some inventions in mechanics which I have at
hand. Further, I have the following mechanical inventions
either in hand or fully written out, viz: —
1. The plan of a certain ship, which with its men can
go under the surface of the sea, wherever it chooses, and do
great damage to the fleet of the enemy.
2. A new plan for a syphon, by which a large quantity ofwater
may be raised from any river to a higher locality in a short time.
3. For lifting weights by the aid of water and this portable
syphon, with greater facility than by mechanical powers.
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