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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    Primus demonstravit; Radiorum lucis dissimilitudines, Colorumque inde nascentium proprietates,* Quas nemo antea vel suspicatus erat, pervestigavit, Naturae, Antiquitatis, S. Scripturse, t Sedulus, Sagax, fidus interpres, Dei O.M. Majestatem Philosophia asseruit, Evangelii Simplicitatem moribus expressit. Sibi gratulentur Mortales Tale tantumque extitisse HUMANI GENERIS DECUS. Nat. XXV. Dec. a.d. MDCXLII. Obiit XX. Mar. MDCCXXVI. Around the Monument itself is an iron railing, järn- galler.;!; On one side of the monument there are these words : “ Gul. Kent Pict. et Archit. invenit.” ; on the opposite side “ Mich. Rysbrack, sculpsit.” On the grave-stone in the pavement there are these words: “ HlC DEPOSITUM EST QUOD MORTALE FUIT ISAACI NEWTONI.” [T. I. p. 416.] The 22nd May, 1748. In the afternoon I went with some Englishmen and the present Professor of CEconomy at Lund in Sweden, Herr Mag. Burmester, out to Hampstead, a little “ stad,” or town, some few miles north of London, in a very delightful place, to which on Sundays, and “ vid vackert väder” (in fine weather), a great many people ride or drive and walk in the summer to enjoy themselves. Af hvad jordmon högderna omkring London bestå. Of what soil the hills round London consist. The hills, Högderne eller jord-backarne, which * Newton discovered the polarization of light. f Kalm omits the “S ” before “ Scripturse.” % There are no iron-railings now. [J. L.]
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