1724 in science
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The year 1724 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- January 28 - The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences is founded by Peter I of Russia.[1]
[edit] Mathematics
- Daniel Bernoulli expresses the numbers of the Fibonacci sequence in terms of the golden rule.[2]
[edit] Medicine
- Herman Boerhaave describes Boerhaave syndrome, a fatal tearing of the esophagus.[3]
[edit] Technology
- French toast is developed by tavern owner Joseph French, at a roadside tavern near Albany, New York.
[edit] Births
- June 8 - John Smeaton, English civil engineer (d. 1792)
- July 10 - Eva Ekeblad, first woman in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science (d. 1786)
- September 27 - Anton Friedrich Busching, German geographer (d. 1793)
[edit] Deaths
- Abbé Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (b. 1647)
[edit] References
- ^ General information about the Academy (in Russian)
- ^ Crilly, Tony (2007). 50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know. London: Quercus. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-84724-008-8.
- ^ Boerhaave, H. (1724). Atrocis, nec descripti prius, morbii historia: secundum medicae artis leges conscripta. Leiden: Lugduni Batavorum Boutesteniana.
