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The year 1824 in science and technology

1 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

2 Technology

• Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot scientifically analyzes the efficiency of steam engines.
• Patent issued to Joseph Aspin for portland cement.

3 Awards

• Copley Medal: John Brinkley

4 Births

• February 7February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 327 days remaining, 328 in leap years. Events 457 Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first Prin - William HugginsWilliam Huggins ( February 7 1824 May 12 1910) was a British astronomer. He built a private observatory and did extensive observations of the spectral emission lines and absorption lines of various celestial objects. He was the first to distinguish betwee, astronomerAn astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. Henrietta Swan Leavitt discovered the relationship between the luminosty and periodicity of variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds. Historians often argue († 1910See also Other events of 1910 List of years in science. 1909 in science 1910 in science 1911 in science. The year 1910 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Astronomy The earth passes through the tail of Comet Hal)
• February 16February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 318 days remaining (319 in leap years). Events 1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister. 1804 First Barbary War: Stephen Decatur leads a raid to b - Peter KozlerPeter Kozler ( February 16, 1824 April 16, 1879) was a Slovene lawyer, geographer, cartographer, politician and manufacturer, born in Koce, south of Kocevje, Austria-Hungary (now Slovenia). Some sources also allege he was of a German origin. In 1854 Peter, cartographer, geographerA geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of the physical environment and human habitat. Historically known as someone who makes maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography. The geogra († 1879)
• March 12 - Gustav Kirchhoff, physicist († 1887)
• June 26 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist († 1907)
• June 28 - Paul Pierre Broca, anthropologist († 1880)