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1542 in science

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The year 1542 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Botany

  • Leonhart Fuchs publishes his new herbal De historia stirpium commentarii insignes in Basel.

Exploration

  • Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo explores the coast of California.

Physiology and medicine

  • Jean Fernel publishes De naturali parte medicinae, presenting human physiology as integral to the study of medicine.

Births

  • approx. date – Peder Sørensen, Danish physician (died 1602)

Deaths

  • August – Peter Henlein, Nuremberg watchmaker (born 1479/80)

References

References

  1. "Jean François Fernel Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography.
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