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Paper, 'Memorabilia nonnulla lacus Vetteri' [On Lake Vättern, Sweden] by Urbanus Hiärne

Reference number: CLP/16/39

Date: 1705

Description

Hiärne follows on from descriptions of Vättern by Olaus Magnus, presenting his own observations on the lake. Found amongst Robert Hooke's papers by Richard Waller.

Subject: Geography

Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1705

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Memorabilia nonnulla Lacus Vetteri, auctore urbano Hearne, M. D. Serenissimæ Reg. Majest. Suecicæ Archiatro, & Conciliario Collegij Metallici ord. nec non Societat. Regiæ Londinensis Socio'

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CLP/16/39
Earliest possible date
1705
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Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Memorabilia nonnulla lacus Vetteri' [On Lake Vättern, Sweden] by Urbanus Hiärne, 1705, CLP/16/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_39/paper-memorabilia-nonnulla-lacus-vetteri-on-lake-vättern-sweden-by-urbanus-hiärne, accessed on 11 April 2026

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