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theoretical account of heat engines, now known as the [[Carnot cycle]], | theoretical account of heat engines, now known as the [[Carnot cycle]], | ||
thereby laying the foundations of the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. | thereby laying the foundations of the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. | ||
==Publications== | |||
#Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)] | |||
==References== | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Carnot_Sadi.html MacTutor biography of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot] | *[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Carnot_Sadi.html MacTutor biography of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot] | ||
[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]] | [[Category: Classical thermodynamics]] | ||
[[Category:Person]] | [[Category:Person]] | ||
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (June 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832) was a French physicist and military engineer who gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now known as the Carnot cycle, thereby laying the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics.
Publications[edit]
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. 2, 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)