Editing 1738 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; English metallurgist [[William Champion (metallurgist)|William Champion]] is granted a patent for his process of extracting [[zinc]] from other materials in a furnace.<ref name=Woodcroft>Bennet Woodcroft, ''Titles of Patents of Invention, Chronologically Arranged, From March 2, 1617 (14 James I.) to October 1, 1852 (16 Victoriae). 1617-1823'' (The Queen's Printing Office, 1854) p104-105</ref>
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Thomas Pellow]] of [[Cornwall]] finally escapes captivity, 23 years after having been captured by [[Barbary pirates]] and held as a slave in [[Morocco]]. He arrives in British territory when the ship he is on sails into Gibraltar Bay on July 21, and later recounts his story in the book ''The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner: Three and Twenty Years in Captivity Among the Moors''.<ref>Thomas Pellow, ''The Adventures of Thomas Pellow, of Penryn, Mariner'' (reprinted by T. Fisher Unwin, 1890) pp. 813-816</ref>
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739)]]: The Russian army begins its attempt to cross the [[Dniester]] River and fails after three weeks; it is later decimated by [[Bubonic plague|plague]].<ref>C. H. von Manstein, ''Memoirs of Russia, Historical, Political and Military, from the Year 1727 to 1744'' (Beckett & DeHondt, 1770) pp203-210</ref>
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Samuel Johnson]] composes his first solemn [[prayer]] (published [[1785]]).