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898 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
a work entitled: Anatomi af vår aldrafinaste Natur wisande att
vårt rörande och lefwande wäsende består af Contremiscentien. The
College resolved that this treatise should be read in turn by all the
assessors of the College; and that afterwards they should pronounce
an opinion respecting it."
A copy of this dissertation Swedenborg began sending to Ericus
Benzelius in January, 1720, for the use of the professors at Upsal ;
he sent him, however, only chapters I to VI and XIII which is all
that has been preserved to us of this important treatise. It fills
forty-eight closely written quarto pages. See Document 311, no. 25.
1719. (22.) Nya Anledningar til Grufwors Igenfinnande
eller några än oopfundna Grep till at opleta Grufwor
och Skatter, som i jorden diupt äro giömda (New Direc
tions for discovering metallic veins, or some hints hitherto
unknown for the discovery of mineral veins and treasures
deeply hidden in the earth) ; in MS ., pp 14, 4to.
This treatise Swedenborg submitted to the College of Mines in
November, 1719, as appears from Document 87 ; he also sent a
copy of it to Ericus Benzelius for the use of the Literary Society
of Upsal, before whom it was read on February 5, 1720. It fills
thirteen closely written 4to pages, see Document 311, no. 22.
The principle that the author endeavours to set forth in this
dissertation is that from every metal there proceeds a sphere, which
in time penetrates the whole of the stratum of the earth around it,
and determines the nature of the vegetation which grows on the
surface. He holds also that there is a correspondence between the
upper strata of the earth and the lower ; so that from the configuration
of the upper, you can judge of the nature of the lower, strata.
These features, he holds, ought to be made the subjects of scientific
inquiry ; and he shows in what manner this inquiry ought to be
carried on.
1719. (23.) Underrättelse om Docken, Slysswerken och Salt
werket (Information concerning docks, canal-locks, and
saltworks). Stockholm, Werner ; 8 pages, 4to.
This tract contains a description of the dock in Carlscrona, and
also of the canal-locks at Carlsgraf near the outlet of Lake Wenner,
and likewise at Trolhätta ; it contains also something about the
manufacture of salt. The building of the dock of Carlscrona is
treated by the author more fully in the Latin language, in a tract,
published in Amsterdam in 1721. See no. 31.
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