THE

PRINCIPIA; original: Latin Principia, meaning "First Principles" or "Beginnings"

OR,

THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL THINGS,

BEING

NEW ATTEMPTS

TOWARD A

PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLANATION OF THE ELEMENTARY WORLD.

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG,

LATE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF NOBLES IN THE ROYAL DIET OF SWEDEN,

ASSESSOR OF THE ROYAL METALLIC COLLEGE OF SWEDEN, Swedenborg served on the Board of Mines (Bergskollegium), which oversaw the nation's mining and metallurgy industries.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UPPSALA, AND OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF STOCKHOLM,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF ST. PETERSBURG.

TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN

THE REV. AUGUSTUS CLISSOLD, M.A.

VOLUME I.

Circular library stamp of the Bodleian Library (University of Oxford). The center contains a shield with an open book and the University of Oxford motto: "The Lord is my Light" original: Dominus Illuminatio Mea (The OCR incorrectly transcribed this as "DOMI MINA NUSTIO ILLUME").

LONDON:

W. NEWBERY, 6, KING STREET, HOLBORN;

H. BAILLIÈRE, 219, REGENT STREET;

OTIS CLAPP, SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON, UNITED STATES.

1845.

265 . i . 32/. This appears to be a library shelfmark or cataloguing reference added later.