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INTRODUCTION.
This Section differs from those which precede and follow
in not containing all the documents or all the information
that could be collected under its title: for in order to do justice
to Swedenborg’s scientific character this section would have
to contain all the scientific works published and written by
him from 1717 to 1745 — which, however, lies manifestly
beyond the scope of the present work. Nevertheless, there
are documents illustrating Swedenborg’s life and character
as a man of science which are plainly included in the plan
of our work ; and among these are records of scientific ex
periments and mechanical feats, prospectuses of scientific
works never published, scientific controversies, and, perhaps,
small scientific papers not included in his published works.
We venture, therefore, to include in the present section the
last scientific paper communicated by Swedenborg to the
Academy of Sciences in Stockholm , and printed in their
Transactions for the year 1763, and which to our knowledge
has never before appeared in an English dress.
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