to recommend Polhem. Anders Spole, grandfather of Anders Celsius, presented two broken clocks to Polhem and offered to let him study under him if he could repair them. Polhem repaired the clocks with no difficulty and in 1687, entered the University of Uppsala at the age of 26.

Personal life

Polhem married Maria Hoffman (1671-1735) on 28 December 1691. Together they had 8 children between 1692 and 1705.

In 1716, he was ennobled by King Charles XII of Sweden

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