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The year 1824 in Science and Technology :

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 Engine s.

Patent issued to Joseph Aspdin for Portland Cement .

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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 .

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