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
bones and
muscles of the human body in Tabulae Sceleti et Musculorum Corporis Humani.
June 24 – October 14 – The
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.
July 2 –
Benjamin Robins presents a paper to the
Royal Society describing the physics of a spinning projectile following his investigation of
rifle barrels.[3][4]