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1741 in science
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The year 1741 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Zoology
- Steller’s sea cow is discovered (extinct by 1768).
Awards
Births
- March 17 - William Withering, British physicist who discovered digitalis (died 1799)
- September 22 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (died 1811)
Deaths
- December 19 - Vitus Bering, Danish explorer (born 1681)
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