Christopher Polhem - Other Accomplishments

Other Accomplishments

• Can be found on the reverse of the 500 Swedish kronor bank note, the front having a portrait of Charles XI of Sweden
• Has several schools named after him.
• Has an award named after himself, the Polhem Prize (Polhemspriset), which is awarded to significant contributors to industry and construction engineering.
• Reinvented the Cardan joint under the name of "Polhem knot" (Polhemknut) independently of Gerolamo Cardano, the original inventor.
• Has a commemorative coin with his portrait on it, as well as a bust, which can be found in Visby.
• Organized machinery into a "mechanical alphabet" and provided examples of such. Of 80 models carved in wood, 32 are still in the collections of the National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska Museet) in Stockholm. Another 13 models of the "mechanical alphabet" are to be found in the Falun Mining Museum, Sweden.