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Natural History Museum skrev:Order for glass bottles
One of the items is a hand-written order in Swedish for glass bottles signed by Linnaeus and dated 26 April 1749. Linnaeus left on an expedition to Skane, southern Sweden, 3 days later and it is thought the bottles may have been needed for that expedition.
One purpose of the expedition was to search for possible locations to grow walnut and Swedish whitebeam trees. The wood from these trees was needed to make butts for rifles in the Swedish army and the bottles may have been used to preserve specimens. Alternatively, they may have been used for carrying drinking water.
- 198 / För botaniska Trägårdens behof reqvireras: / Drifhus-glas - 324 st. / Ståltråd alnar - 840 / En tums spik - 1000 st. / Nubb - 4000 st. / Upsala d. 26 Aprill 1749 ./. Carl Linnaeus
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