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1542 in science
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1542 science
1542
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.Jean François Fernel Biography http://www.bookrags.com/biography/jean-francois-fernel/ Encyclopedia of World Biography 2011-10-28
Births
approx. date – Peder Sørensen, Danish physician (died 1602)
Deaths
August – Peter Henlein, Nuremberg watchmaker (born 1479/80)
References
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