Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish polymath; a scientist, engineer, astronomer, anatomist, Christian theologian, philosopher, and mystic. He became best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and H
Memorial plaque at the former location of Swedenborg's house at Hornsgatan on Södermalm, Stockholm.
The Flying Machine, sketched in his notebook from 1714. The operator would sit in the middle and paddle himself through the air. p. 32, or on the video clip at 5:48 on its timeline.
Arcana Cœlestia, first edition (1749), title page
Emanuel Swedenborg's summer house now in Skansen which was transplanted from his Stockholm estate
Johnny Appleseed
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John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced trees grown with apple seeds to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and the Canadian
Emanuel Swedenborg
…comprehensive explanations appealing. A variety of important cultural figures, both writers and artists, were influenced by Swedenborg's writings, including Johnny Appleseed, William Blake, Jorge Luis Borges, Daniel Burnham, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Flaxman, Robert Frost, George…
Johnny Appleseed Birthplace site in Leominster, Massachusetts
Monument to John Chapman in South Park, Mansfield, Ohio
Disputed possible gravesite of Johnny Appleseed
A variety called the "Johnny Appleseed" is similar to these Albemarle Pippins, good for baking and apple sauce.