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Doc. 313.] CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT. 889
2. An experiment concerning the resistance offered by snow and
water to a bullet of lead moving at its greatest speed, and con
cerning its recoil in snow, and out of snow, pp. 84 to 86.
3. A new method of finding the longitude of places, at sea as
well as on land, by means of the moon, pp. 86 to 99.
No. V.
This number, by the wish of Charles XII, was printed both in
the Swedish and Latin languages, (see Document 69, Vol. I, p. 277) ;
it was written entirely by Swedenborg, and contains:
1. A description of Polhem’s ingenious tap, by which the quan
tity of a liquid drawn from a cask is recorded; together with a
mathematical demonstration of the principles which are involved in
it, pp. 100 to 114.
2. An arithmetical computation of the contents of cubes, cylinders,
and spheres, pp. 114 to 124.
3. A new method of obtaining the same result by the application
of algebra to geometry, or by analytical geometry, pp. 124 to 138.
No. VI. 蕾
This number was intended for the months of April, May, and
June, 1717, but it was not printed until October, 1718 (see Docu
ment 82), for "want of means" (see Document 81). Nos. I to V of
the "Daedalus" were printed in Upsal, but No. VI in Skara.
1. An easy method of counting balls, which are stored in a
triangular form, pp. 4 to 6.
2. A proof that our vital nature consists mostly of small tremu
lations, with a great number of experiments, pp. 10 to 14.- This
is the first article which Swedenborg published on the nature of the
human body.
3. A curve, the secant of which always forms the same angles
with it, pp. 14 to 16.
1717. (8.) Underrättelse om thet förtenta Stjernesunds Arbete,
thess bruk och förtening (Information concerning the tin
ware of Stjernsund, its use and the method of tinning).
Stockholm, Werner, 1717 ; 4 pages, 4to.
This tract does not bear Swedenborg’s name ; yet as it is attri
buted to him in Björnstjerna’s catalogue, and likewise in the list of
his works appended to his biographical sketch in the "Biografiskt
Lexicon;" and as he actually spent some time at Stjernsund in 1717
(see Document 69), it is quite possible that, to please Polhem, he
wrote it, and had it printed in Stockholm.
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