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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    church immediately in front of the choir, strax för choret, where some of the old royal tombs are. Close above the grave and on the side towards the choir his monument is erected, where he himself lies carved in white marble, and rests on his right elbow, och. stödjer den högre handen under hufvudet. Above him is a celestial globe, himmels-glob, carved also in white marble, on which the paths of the comets are set out in gilt lines,* hvårpa Cometernas gång med förgylte Limer står utsatt, also these words: “ Dec. 24, i68o.”f Under the right elbow are four books in Folio, on which he rests. These books lie one upon another, and there is set forth on one side, på ena sidan, what they contain, viz.: on the highest stands the word “ Divinity ; on the next under it, “ Chronology ” ; then [T. I. p. 415] “ Opticks ” ; lastly, “ Philo. Prin. Math.”j; Down below him stand carved ängels, änglar, [beautiful little boys], who hold mathematical instruments, &c. § The inscription on the monument is this:— H. S. E. ISAACUS NEWTON, Eques auratus, Qui animi vi prope divina Planetarum Motus, Figuras, Cometarum Semitas, Oceanique jEstus, Suå Mathesi facem praeferente, . * These gilt lines have disappeared. [J. L.] f This date has disappeared. For the great comet of 1680, see J. Herschel, Astron., Ed. 1867, Art. 573. [J. L.] t These words have all disappeared. From the position of the Folios, they must have been gilded on the ends, or what would be the top-edges of the Folios if standing upright, as on the books shown in the Frontispiece to the 2nd Ed. of the Dunciad, 1729. [J. L.] 4 Mathematics. Thus says Hume : “ Religion and Politics, and consequently “ Metaphysics and Morals. All these form the most considerable branches of “ Science. Mathematics and Natural Philosofhy, which only rcmain, are not “ half so valuable.” Essay on the Rise of the Arts and Sciences, 1742. Time, that provcs all things, has given another verdict. [J* L.-1 •
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