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Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat

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The title essay, along with other papers in this volume, laid the foundation of modern thermodynamics. Highly readable, "Reflections" contains no arguments that depend on calculus, examining the relation between heat and work in terms of heat in steam engines, air-engines, and an internal combustion machine. Translation of 1890 edition.

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Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

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