1824 in science
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Mathematics
- Niels Henrik Abel partially proves that the general quintic or higher equations cannot be solved by a general formula involving only arithmetical operations and roots.
- Augustin Louis Cauchy proves convergence of the Euler method. In this proof, Cauchy uses the implicit Euler method
Technology
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot scientifically analyzes the efficiency of steam engines.
- Patent issued to Joseph Aspin for portland cement.
Awards
Births
- February 7 - William Huggins (d. 1910), astronomer.
- February 16 - Peter Kozler (d. 1879), cartographer, geographer.
- March 12 - Gustav Kirchhoff (d. 1887), physicist.
- May 1 - Julius von Haast (d. 1887), German geologist.
- June 26 - William Thomson (d. 1907), Lord Kelvin, physicist.
- June 28 - Paul Pierre Broca (d. 1880), anthropologist.
- Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister (d. 1877), botanist.