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1540 in science
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The year
1540 in
science
and
technology
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Contents
1
Chemistry
2
Exploration
3
Births
4
Deaths
Chemistry
Valerius Cordus
discovers and describes a method of synthesizing
ether
("oleum dulci vitrioli") by adding
sulfuric acid
to
ethyl alcohol
.
Exploration
May 9 -
Hernando de Alarcón
sets sail to explore the
Baja California peninsula
; on September 26 he enters the
Colorado River
.
Births
January 28 -
Ludolph van Ceulen
,
German
mathematician
(d.
1610
).
c. February or March -
Francis Drake
,
English
explorer
(d.
1596
).
Roch Le Baillif
, French
physician
(d.
1598
).
François Viète
,
French
mathematician (d.
1603
).
possible date
-
Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser
,
Frisian
navigator (d. 1596).
Deaths
probable date
-
Johann Georg Faust
, German
alchemist
(b.
1480
).