Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

  • Pehr Kalm
Date:
1892
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Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    clock-makers in London, both for watches for the fob, Byx-säck-Ur, and other clocks. In one of his rooms he showed me several of the clocks he had made, the ingenuity of some being exceeded by that of others. Towards evening, I accompanied him to the great patron of Natural History and lover of learned men, Mr. Peter Collinson, F.R.S., who afterwards took me with him to the Royal Society, which meets every Thursday at five o’clock in the afternoon. A little time after I had entered, the Secretary read out a notice, sedel eller Bill, con- taining the announcement that “ a Swedish gentleman of “ the name of Kalm had been introduced to see the Royal “ Society by Mr. Collinson, Fellow of the same Society. Here were read out lt Observations on the variation of “ the Magnetic Needle ” [by Mr. George Graham, F.R.S.] “ observations on a Coccionella, which had damaged trees “ in Ireland ” [by the Revd. Philip Skelton.] A communi- cation from Mr. Bradley that he had seen a comet, etc. [This last is not recorded in the Phil. Trans. for 1748. J. L.] A little after 7 o’clock the meeting was concluded, when the Fellows went home by degrees. Mr. Collinson at once introduced me to Dr. Mortimer, secretary of the Royal Society, and to Mr. Catesby, author of. the precious and costly work on the Flora and Fauna of Carolina in America. [In the Brit. Mus. the only edition is Catesby (M.) Nat. Hist. of Carolina, 2 vols., folio, London, 1771.] [T. I. p. 367.] The 22nå. April, 1748. A great part of this day was devoted to seeing rarities in London. Mr. Warner gave me his company the whole day to show me the same. Among several other note- worthy objeets, I reckon in partieular the following: King Charles the ist on horse-back, all in bronze. The place where King Charles I. had his head cut off. King James II. in bronze. Westininster Abbey Church, where
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