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'''Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot''' (June 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832) | '''Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot''' (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. Technically, he is the world's first thermodynamicist, | |||
being responsible for such concepts as Carnot efficiency, Carnot | |||
theorem, Carnot heat engine, and others. | |||
June 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832) | |||
Inventor of the [[Carnot cycle]]. | Inventor of the [[Carnot cycle]]. | ||
[[Category:Person]] | [[Category:Person]] | ||
Revision as of 09:57, 24 May 2007
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (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. Technically, he is the world's first thermodynamicist, being responsible for such concepts as Carnot efficiency, Carnot theorem, Carnot heat engine, and others.
June 1, 1796 - August 24, 1832) Inventor of the Carnot cycle.