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Doc. 313.] 903
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT.
MS. to Ericus Benzelius, for the use of the Literary Society of
Upsal. These chapters are photo-lithographed in Vol. I of the Sweden
borg MSS., pp. 182 to 200. The following are the contents of
the volume:
PART I.
1. The different kinds of Mountains in Sweden, with a disquisition
on their origin.
2. Petrified Plants found at Liège.
3. The Strata of Shells at Aix-la-Chapelle.
4. The harder Strata, consisting of the common Granite, and
their origin.
5. Inclined Strata, and the causes of their inclination.
6. The causes of the varieties in Strata.
7. Observations made and to be made concerning Strata, their
separation, arangement, and differences.
8. On Stony Marl, commonly called Margenstein.-This chapter
is photo-lithographed on p. 197, of Vol. I of the Swedenborg MSS.
9. On the Circular Crusts found in certain stones, and on Mountain
Nuclei. The photo-lithographed copy is on p. 190, ibid.
10. The Primeval Matter of the Earth, with reasons for con
jecturing that it was water.
11. Subsidence of the Seas towards the North.
12. Observations and Experiments on the origin, temperature,
and saline components of Hot Springs.
PART II.
13. On Vitrification and the change of Particles into Glass.
14. The softening of hard bodies, and the origin of Etites,
Belemnites, &c.
15. The entrance of Liquids, as of Water and Fire, into hard
bodies.
16. The process of Cooling, or the escape of Fire from hard bodies.
17. Improvement of Stoves in Sweden.
18. A new construction of Stove.
19. On Wind or Draught Furnaces.
20. The causes of Smoke in Rooms.-See p. 197 of the photo
lithographed MSS. of Swedenborg, Vol. II
21. A new construction of an air-pump, worked by mercury.
22. The Salt-works on parts of the Swedish coast.—The photo
lithographed MS . is on p. 194, ibid.
23. The purification of Salt by repeated boiling.-See the photo
lithographed MS. on p. 195, ibid.
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