Note 12 — SWEDENBORG’S INVESTIGATIONS IN NATURAL SCIENCE.
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Emanuel Swedenborg was born at Stockholm, January 29th, 1688; matriculated at the University of Uppsala and ›Västmanlands-Dala-nation›, 1699; Diss. cum consensu Fac. Philos. publico examini submissa, Upsaliæ, 1. Junii, 1709; appointed assessor extraordinary in the Royal College of Mines, 1716; ordinary assessor in the same College, 1724; retired from the assessorship, 1747; died in London, March 29th, 1772. His name was Swedberg until the year 1719, when he was ennobled and his name changed to Swedenborg.