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Doc. 313.] 897
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT.
commotion." After mentioning some other writers on the same
subject Berzelius declares, that "none of these writers, with the
exception of Swedenborg, had made genuine geological examinations,
and that they all treated their subjects from a historico-geographical
point of view."
1719. (20.) Beskrifning öfver Svenska Masugnar och deras
Blåsningar (A Description of Swedish iron furnaces and
the processes for smelting iron) ; in MS. The editor’s
copy of this work, which he had taken in Sweden, fills
84 pages, 4to.
This treatise was handed in to the College of Mines on November 2,
1719 (see Document 147, Vol. I. p. 404), and was dedicated by
the author to the officers of the College. The original MS. is still
preserved in the library of the College of Mines, but an attested
copy is likewise in the Academy of Sciences among the Swedenborg
MSS., where it figures as Codex 99.
The Introduction to the treatise constitutes a portion of Docu
ment 145. The treatise itself consists of forty-two paragraphs, in
which the construction of iron furnaces and the methods of melting
iron in Sweden are most thoroughly discussed ; afterwards the author
proposes some improvements in the construction of the furnaces,
and finally describes what he considers a model furnace.
1719. (21.) Anatomi af vår aldrafinaste Natur wisande att
vårt rörande och lefwande wüsende består af Contremis
centien (Anatomy of our most subtle nature showing that
our moving and living force consists of tremulations) ;
in MS., 48 pages, 4to.
From Document 85 it appears that towards the close of October,
1719, Swedenborg wrote an anatomical dissertation concerning which he
expressed himself as follows: "I have also written a little work on the
anatomy of our vital forces which, I maintain, consist of tremulations ;
forthis purpose I made myself thoroughly acquainted with the anatomy
of the nerves and membranes, and I have proved the harmony which
exists between it and the interesting geometry of tremulations;
together with many other ideas, where I found that I agreed with
those of Baglivius. The day before yesterday I handed them in to
the Royal Medical College." In the Proceedings of the College of
Health (Sundhet’s Collegium) for 1710 to 1720 the following notice
is taken of this dissertation: "October, 1719.-The Syndicus reported
that the Assessor of the Royal College of Mines, the well-born
Emanuel Swedenborg, had submitted to the College for examination
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