Fig. 6.2 Title page of volume 32 of the Transactions of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
published in 1771. The volume contains Scheele’s first paper (Sects. 13.4 and 14.1), Bergman’s
paper on the manufacture of bricks (Sect. 9.5), as well as papers by Bergius (Chap. 10), Hermelin
(Sect. 13.1), Mallet (Sect. 7.1), Melander (Chap. 5), Planman (Sect. 5.1), Wargentin (Sect. 6.2),
Wilcke (Sect. 6.2) and Wåhlin (Sect. 28.1). The old man planting palm trees for future generations
was used, in slightly different designs, well into the nineteenth century. Photo Anders Lennartson
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published in 1771. The volume contains Scheele’s first paper (Sects. 13.4 and 14.1), Bergman’s
paper on the manufacture of bricks (Sect. 9.5), as well as papers by Bergius (Chap. 10), Hermelin
(Sect. 13.1), Mallet (Sect. 7.1), Melander (Chap. 5), Planman (Sect. 5.1), Wargentin (Sect. 6.2),
Wilcke (Sect. 6.2) and Wåhlin (Sect. 28.1). The old man planting palm trees for future generations
was used, in slightly different designs, well into the nineteenth century. Photo Anders Lennartson
6.1 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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