When the chemist and historian of chemistry Thomas Thomson visited Uppsala
in 1812, the geographical mineral collection was gone, and he thought that it might
have been transferred to the Board of Mines in Stockholm [86]. In the nineteenth
century, the collections from the Board of Mines were transferred to the Museum of
Natural History in Stockholm, where there is no trace of such a collection. Perhaps
it was kept in Uppsala but merged with the larger collection. Bergman’s collection
of models also seems to have disappeared, possibly being out-dated by 1812. The
Fig. 9.13 Original drawings of Bergman’s laboratory building. Uppsala University Library
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in 1812, the geographical mineral collection was gone, and he thought that it might
have been transferred to the Board of Mines in Stockholm [86]. In the nineteenth
century, the collections from the Board of Mines were transferred to the Museum of
Natural History in Stockholm, where there is no trace of such a collection. Perhaps
it was kept in Uppsala but merged with the larger collection. Bergman’s collection
of models also seems to have disappeared, possibly being out-dated by 1812. The
Fig. 9.13 Original drawings of Bergman’s laboratory building. Uppsala University Library
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