Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index '''The year 1824 CE in science and technology See also: 1823 in science, other events of 1824, 1825 in science, list of years in science. Table of contents 1 Mathematics 2 Technology 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 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 Sadi Carnot scientifically analyzes the efficiency of steam engines. Patent issued to Joseph Aspin for portland cement. Awards Copley Medal: John Brinkley Births February 7 - William Huggins, astronomer February 16 - Peter Kozler, cartographer, geographer. March 12 - Gustav Kirchhoff, physicist June 26 - William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, physicist Deaths This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.