By taking over the property from Julinsköld, the university could recover some
of the lost money, and the renovation of the laboratory building could start. The
architect Carl Johan Cronstedt (1709–1777; a student of the influential engineer
Christopher Pohlhem and renowned architect Carl Hårleman, a pioneer of Swedish
rococo) was consulted and the layout was approved by the university on June 11,
Fig. 9.9 A mortar from Wallerius laboratory, one of a few pieces of equipment that survived the
fire in 1766. Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala. Photo Anders Lennartson
Fig. 9.10 Theatrum Oeconomicum, where Bergman lectured as a newly appointed professor.
From Busser—Utkast til beskrifning om Uppsala, 1770
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of the lost money, and the renovation of the laboratory building could start. The
architect Carl Johan Cronstedt (1709–1777; a student of the influential engineer
Christopher Pohlhem and renowned architect Carl Hårleman, a pioneer of Swedish
rococo) was consulted and the layout was approved by the university on June 11,
Fig. 9.9 A mortar from Wallerius laboratory, one of a few pieces of equipment that survived the
fire in 1766. Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala. Photo Anders Lennartson
Fig. 9.10 Theatrum Oeconomicum, where Bergman lectured as a newly appointed professor.
From Busser—Utkast til beskrifning om Uppsala, 1770
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