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.
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.
Metallurgy
- Vannoccio Biringuccio's manual on metalworking, De la pirotechnia, is published posthumously.[1]
Physiology and medicine
- Publication in London of the first printed book in English on obstetrics, The Byrth of Mankynde, a translation attributed to Richard Jonas from Rösslin's De partu hominis. It will continue to be issued in new editions for more than a century.[2]
Births
- January 28 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (died 1610).
- c. February or March - Francis Drake, English explorer (died 1596).
- Roch Le Baillif, French physician (died 1598).
- François Viète, French mathematician (died 1603).
- possible date - Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Frisian navigator (died 1596).
Deaths
- probable date - Johann Georg Faust, German alchemist (born 1480).
References
- ↑ The Pirotechnia of Vanoccio Biringuccio. Dover. ISBN 0-486-26134-4.
- ↑ Ballantyne, J. W. (October 1906). "The Byrth of Mankynde (Its Author and Editions)". The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynæcology of the British Empire 10 (4): 297–325. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1906.tb12722.x. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
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