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publifhed, for the life of his pupils, elements of aftronomy and 
mechanics. 
Mr. Nordwall, one of the beft mechanics in Sweden. It w r as 
under the direction of Nordwall that the famous canal of Trol- 
liatta was completed. He is now engaged in the continuation of 
a w r ork, called in SwediQi Bergverks Lexicon, i. e. a dictionary on 
mines and mineralogy : it was begun by Mr. Renman, who w 7 rote 
a hiftory of Sweden, which is well known in the literature of 
that country. 
Mr. Swamberg, fecretary to the academy, a native of Tornea. 
He is a profound mathematician and aftronomer ; a man of ex- 
tenfive general knowdedge, and a true philofopher. He has been 
lately fent into Lapland to verify the obfervations of Maupertuis, 
and is at this moment employed, together with other mathema¬ 
ticians, in repeating the obfervations made by the French aca¬ 
demicians, which were fufpeCled of inaccuracy. 
To the fame clafs like wife belong Mr. Polheimer, a good me¬ 
chanic ; Mr. Tegman, and Mr. Bouck. 
CLASS VI. 
Medicine . 
Mr. af Acrel, efteemed the beft furgeon in Sweden. He is a 
man of great merit; but it is to be regretted that he has remained 
wholly ignorant of the dilcoveries that have been made in phyfio- 
logy during the laft ten years, in other parts of Europe. The 
confequence of this is, that he is devoted to his own fyftem, and 
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