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DOCUMENT 48 .
SWEDENBORG TO ERICUS BENZELIUS.*
Most honoured friend and brother,
As I presume you have now returned from
the springs to Upsal, I hope that this letter may find you
in good condition and with renewed health, at which I
should rejoice more than any one else. I received lately a
very nice little Latin letter from brother Ericulus,58 at which
I was very much pleased and gratified. I answered it in
some extemporaneous Latin verses, in which I wished him
every kind of happiness and success, both in his studies, and
in everything else that may be agreeable to his parents and
to himself.
I looked very carefully for the machines which I some
time ago sent to my father; they were eight in number, but
I was unable to discover the place in which he had laid them
aside. He thinks they have been sent to you, which I hope
with all my heart; for it cost me a great amount of work to
place them on paper, and I shall not have any time during
the next winter to do this over again. There were, 1. Three
drawings and plans for water -pumps, by which a large quantity
of water can be raised in a short time from any sea or lake
you choose. 2. Two machines for raising weights by means
of water, as easily and quickly as is done by mechanical
forces. 3. Some kinds of sluices, which can be constructed
where there is no fall of water, and which will raise boats
Benzelius’ Collection, Vol. XL, No. 118. An English translation of
this letter is contained in Mr. White’s “ New Churchman," June, 1856,
Letter 8.
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