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
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
Swedenborg's crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Christopher Polhem
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Christopher Polhammar better known as Christopher Polhem, which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and industrialist. He made significant contributions to the ec
Portrait of Christopher Polhem (1741)
Statue of Christopher Polhem by Ivar Johnsson in Gothenburg (granite.1952)
Memorial to Christopher Polhem at Maria Magdalena Church in Stockholm
16th century woodcut from the History of Olaus Magnus, purportedly depicting the astronomical clock in Uppsala Cathedral.