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The year '''1824 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events, listed below.

==Astronomy==
* [[Franz von Paula Gruithuisen]] explains the formation of craters on the [[Moon]] as a result of [[meteorite]] impacts.<ref>{{cite book|title=Энциклопедия для детей (астрономия)|publisher=Аванта+|year=1998|location=Москва|isbn=5-89501-016-4}}</ref>
* [[William Pearson (astronomer)|William Pearson]] publishes ''An Introduction to Practical Astronomy''.

==Biology==
* [[John Curtis (entomologist)|John Curtis]] begins publication of ''[[British Entomology]]'' in London.
* [[Thomas Say]] begins publication of ''American Entomology, or Descriptions of the Insects of North America'' in [[Philadelphia]], including the first description of the [[Colorado potato beetle]].

==Climatology==
* [[Joseph Fourier]] calculates that the Earth would be far colder if it lacked an atmosphere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm|title=The Discovery of Global Warming|work=American Institute of Physics|date=February 2013|accessdate=8 August 2013|archive-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113025916/https://www.aip.org/history/climate/timeline.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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.<ref>''Mémoire sur les équations algébriques où on démontre l'impossibilité de la résolution de l'équation générale du cinquième degré''.</ref>
* [[Augustin-Louis Cauchy]] proves convergence of the [[Euler method]], using the implicit Euler method.

==Paleontology==
* The Rev. Professor [[William Buckland]] becomes the first person to describe a [[dinosaur]] in a [[scientific journal]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Buckland|first=W.|year=1824|title=Notice on the ''[[Megalosaurus]]'' or great Fossil Lizard of [[Stonesfield]]|journal=Transactions of the Geological Society|series=2|volume=1|pages=390–396}}</ref>

==Technology==
* October 21 – [[Patent]] issued to [[Joseph Aspdin]] for [[Portland cement]].<ref>British Patent 5022, ''An Improvement in the Mode of Producing an Artificial Stone''.</ref>
* [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot|Sadi Carnot]] scientifically analyzes the [[Energy conversion efficiency|efficiency]] of [[steam engine]]s and [[heat engine]]s in general in his book ''[[Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire]] and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power'' ("Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance").
* [[Louis Braille]], at age 15, develops the six-dot code, later known as [[Braille]], which allows the [[Visual impairment|visually impaired]] to read and write faster than previous [[Tactile alphabet|raised-letter systems]].
* The [[Panoramagram]] is invented as the first stereoscopic viewer.

==Institutions==
* January 8 – After much controversy, [[Michael Faraday]] is finally elected as a member of the [[Royal Society]] with only one vote against him.
* February 5 – The [[Franklin Institute]] of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts is founded in [[Philadelphia]] by [[Samuel Vaughan Merrick]] and [[William H. Keating]].
* November 5 – [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], the first [[technological university]] in the English-speaking world, is founded in [[Troy, New York]].

==Awards==
* [[Copley Medal]]: [[John Brinkley (astronomer)|John Brinkley]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Copley Medal {{!}} British scientific award |url=https://www.britannica.com/science/Copley-Medal |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=22 July 2020 }}</ref>

==Births==
* February 7 – [[William Huggins]] (died [[1910 in science|1910]]), [[astronomer]].
* February 16 – [[Peter Kosler]] (died [[1879 in science|1879]]), [[cartographer]], [[geographer]].
* March 12 – [[Gustav Kirchhoff]] (died [[1887 in science|1887]]), [[physicist]].
* May 18 – [[Wilhelm Hofmeister]] (died [[1877 in science|1877]]), [[botanist]].
* June 26 – [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|William Thomson]] (died [[1907 in science|1907]]), Lord Kelvin, [[physicist]].
* June 28 – [[Paul Broca]] (died [[1880 in science|1880]]), [[anthropologist]].
* December 11 – [[Jonathan Letterman]] (died [[1872 in science|1872]]), [[surgeon]] and "Father of Battlefield Medicine".

==Deaths==
* December 21 – [[James Parkinson]] (born [[1755 in science|1755]]), [[surgeon]].

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