Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . ngto his party, and even by elegant women, as preciousrelics; and verses attached to those wheels were frequentlyobserved, commending the action for which he suffered. During this day, we went to the Academy, in search ofProfessor Erigestrom, whose useful little treatise on theSwedish Minerals, entitled Guide aux Mines we hadpurchased for our journey8. He was absent in the country;but we found his colleague, a most intelligent man andvery able chemist, of the name of Hjelm, who permittedus to see the collection of minerals belonging to
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . ngto his party, and even by elegant women, as preciousrelics; and verses attached to those wheels were frequentlyobserved, commending the action for which he suffered. During this day, we went to the Academy, in search ofProfessor Erigestrom, whose useful little treatise on theSwedish Minerals, entitled Guide aux Mines we hadpurchased for our journey8. He was absent in the country;but we found his colleague, a most intelligent man andvery able chemist, of the name of Hjelm, who permittedus to see the collection of minerals belonging to theCrown. A part of this collection is exposed for sale; butit consisted of trivial and bad specimens. Beautiful vases, and (J) M&me les femmes les plus elegantes de la Cour allaient visiter ce cadavre, et luirendaient une espece de culte. Hist, de tAssass. ae Gustave III. par un OfficierPolonais, Temoin Oculaire, p. 102. Paris, 1797- (2) Guide du Voyageur aux Carrieres et Mines de Suede, par Gustave DEagestrbm,Conseiller des Mines. Stockholm, 179/.. LTRAIT of dif RE .ISTKARSTIOM ?; upon, a Sec ? ? ? STOCKHOLM. jfjs and polished tables, all of porphyry, the manufacture of chap. , are here exhibited and sold. Mr. Hjelm wasemployed, at the time of our arrival, in making what hecalled Spa Water; that is to say, water impregnated withcarbonic acid gas; by the usual process of agitating thefluid in a receiver containing the gas collected from theeffervescence of limestone when exposed to the action ofan acid. Mr. Hjelm used the sulphuric acid and powderedmarble. He shewed to us a very great chemical curiosity;namely, a mass of chromium in the metallic state, nearlyas large as the top of a mans thumb. We could perceive,however, that the Swedish chemists, celebrated as theyjustly are, carry on their works in the large way: thefurnaces used by Mr. Hjelm, in the Royal Laboratory, wereof the size of those in our common blacksmiths shops;and the rest of his apparatus was upon a si
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