How to pronounce “1740” in English

And he started out in the late 1740s.

and that is that he discovered his theorem during the 1740s when Europe was racked by a religious controversy.

And it's interesting because it started off as this translation project in the 1740s.

let's say the first half of the 18th century the early 1700s 1740s and they of course uh have it a huge impact on this country also huge