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The year '''1747 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Anatomy==
*  [[Bernhard Siegfried Albinus]] (1697–1770), with the help of the artist [[Jan Wandelaar]] (1691–1759), produces the most exact account of the [[bone]]s and [[muscle]]s of the human body in ''Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani''.
* [[Albrecht von Haller]] publishes ''Experiments in the Anatomy of Respiration''.

==Engineering==
* [[École nationale des ponts et chaussées|École royale des ponts et chaussées]] established in [[Paris]] under [[Jean-Rodolphe Perronet]].

==Exploration==
* June 24 – October 14 – The [[England|English]] ships ''Dobbs'' galley and ''California'', under Captains William Moore and Francis Smith, explore [[Hudson Bay]], discovering there is no [[Northwest Passage]] by this route.

==Mathematics==
* [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] uses partial differential equations in mathematical physics.

==Medicine==
* January 1 - In France: [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k9633794h ''Ordonnance du roi'', ''portant règlement général concernant les hôpitaux militaires''] — Order of the king [[Louis XV]], laying down general regulations concerning military hospitals.
* January 31 – The first [[venereal disease]]s clinic opens at [[London Lock Hospital]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[James Lind]] undertakes one of the first [[controlled experiment]]s in clinical medicine, on the effect of [[citrus fruit]] as a cure for [[scurvy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlisle|first=Rodney|year=2004|title=Scientific American Inventions and Discoveries|page=[https://archive.org/details/scientificameric0000carl/page/393 393]|publisher=Wiley|location=New Jersey|isbn=0-471-24410-4|url=https://archive.org/details/scientificameric0000carl/page/393}}</ref>

==Physics==
* July 2 – [[Benjamin Robins]] presents a paper to the [[Royal Society]] describing the physics of a spinning projectile following his investigation of [[rifle]] barrels.<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/311|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/311 311–312]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrml.org/historical/longrange/history02.htm|title=Long Range Shooting, An Historical Perspective (2)|accessdate=2007-07-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622145927/http://www.lrml.org/historical/longrange/history02.htm|archivedate=22 June 2007<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[Gowin Knight]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=21 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
* January 17 - [[Markus Herz]], [[German people|German]] [[physician]] (died [[1803 in science|1803]])
* January 19 – [[Johann Elert Bode]], [[German people|German]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]])
* March 11 – [[William Curtis]], [[English people|English]] botanist and [[entomologist]] (died [[1799 in science|1799]])
* May 4 - [[Philippe-Jean Pelletan]], [[French people|French]] [[surgeon]] (died [[1829 in science|1829]])
* June 23 - [[Michele Troja]], [[Italian People|Italian]] [[physician]] (died [[1827 in science|1827]])<ref name = "Schoenberg">{{in lang|fr}} A. von Schoenberg, Biographie de Michel Troja, Dr et professeur in {{cite book|title=Bulletin universel des sciences et de l'industrie: Bulletin des sciences médicales|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinunivers33unkngoog |accessdate=13 February 2021 |year=1831 |publisher=Bureau du Bulletin |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bulletinunivers33unkngoog/page/n237 226]–}}</ref>
* November 23 – [[Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein]] (Baron von Zois), [[Slovenia]]n [[geologist]] after whom [[zoisite]] is named (died [[1819 in science|1819]])
* December 8 - [[Clément Joseph Tissot]], [[France|French]] [[physician]] (died [[1826 in science|1826]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tissot, Clément-Joseph (1747-1826)  |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb124625398 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque Nationale de France |access-date=6 February 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* April 2 – [[Johann Jacob Dillenius]], German [[botanist]], botanical artist, and physician who studied and produced several papers on [[cryptogams]] ([[lower plants]] that do not have seeds or flowers), such as [[moss]]es and [[algae]] (born [[1687 in science|1687]])
* August 8 – [[Mårten Triewald]], [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[mechanical engineer]] (born [[1691 in science|1691]])
* [[Johann Heinrich von Heucher]], German botanist, after whom the genus ''[[heuchera]]'' is named (born [[1677 in science|1677]])

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