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The year '''1724 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* May 22 – [[Giacomo F. Maraldi]] concludes, from his observations during an [[Solar eclipse|eclipse]], that the [[solar corona|corona]] is part of the [[Sun]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chronology of Discoveries About the Sun|url=http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality2/TotalityApH.html|work=MrEclipse.com|year=1999|accessdate=2012-07-03}}</ref>

==Mathematics==
* [[Daniel Bernoulli]] expresses the numbers of the [[Fibonacci sequence]] in terms of the [[golden ratio]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=44}}</ref>
* [[Isaac Watts]] publishes ''Logic, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard Against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences''.

==Medicine==
* [[Herman Boerhaave]] describes [[Boerhaave syndrome]], a fatal tearing of the [[esophagus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Boerhaave|first=H.|title=Atrocis, nec descripti prius, morbii historia: secundum medicae artis leges conscripta|location=Leiden|publisher=Lugduni Batavorum Boutesteniana|year=1724}}</ref>

==Institutions==
* January 28 – [[Russian Academy of Sciences|The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences]] is founded by [[Peter I of Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ras.ru/about.aspx|script-title=ru:Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к|publisher=Russian Academy of Sciences|language=Russian}}</ref>

==Births==
* March 27 &ndash; [[Jane Colden]], American botanist (died [[1766 in science|1766]])
* June 8 – [[John Smeaton]], English [[civil engineer]] (died [[1792 in science|1792]])
* July 10 – [[Eva Ekeblad]], Swedish agronomist, first woman in the [[Swedish Royal Academy of Science]] (died [[1786 in science|1786]])
* September 27 – [[Anton Friedrich Busching]], German [[geographer]] (died [[1793 in science|1793]])
* December 25 – [[John Michell]], English scientist (died [[1793 in science|1793]])
* ''Date unknown'' &ndash; [[Marie Anne Victoire Pigeon]], French mathematician (died [[1767 in science|1767]])

==Deaths==
* October 18 – [[Jean de Hautefeuille]], French inventor (born [[1647 in science|1647]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)|url=http://data.bnf.fr/13007786/jean_de_hautefeuille/|website=data.bnf.fr|accessdate=4 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>

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