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Doc. 59.) ERICUS BENZELIUS TO SWEDENBORG . 257
The rest is in my opinion a mere chimera. For the ordinary
professor of geometry is obliged to lecture on mechanics, and
he has also done so. Further, when the ordinary professor
ships were appointed, a fine of 1000 dalers in silver was
imposed by His Majesty upon any one who desired a change.
I wish you would come here, when we could talk it over.
Dr. Bromell?2 promises something better for insertion in
the Dedalus; at present he is occupied with an anatomy of
the human body.
The camera obscura Magister Norberg took with him. When
the woodcut of the triangle for the computation of interest
is printed, I shall be present, so that the printers may not
derive any extra profit, by giving copies away on their own
account. Will you be so kind as to ask after the Theophrastus,*
and to leave the money with your father.
P.S. With regard to the Schyttian professorship nothing
is heard at present. When it is vacant, Major General
Count Gyllenstjerna has the right of appointing a successor,
and he must be applied to. In case Dr. Robergi should be
willing to make a drawing of Mr. Polhammar’s tap, he would
have to open one, and there is no one here who is willing to
have his tap destroyed.
[ERICUS BENZELIUS.]
* “ Theophrasti notationes morum ," a work published by Ericus Ben
zelius at Upsal in 1708, some copies of which it seems that he had sent on
sale to Skara.
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