1724 in science

• May 22 – Giacomo F. Maraldi concludes, from his observations during an eclipse, that the corona is part of the Sun. ==Mathematics==

• Daniel Bernoulli expresses the numbers of the Fibonacci sequence in terms of the golden ratio. • 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. ==Institutions==

• January 28 – The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences is founded by Peter I of Russia. ==Births==

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

• October 18 – Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (born 1647) ==References==