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'''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 | French physicist and military engineer who gave the first successful | ||
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 | thereby laying the foundations of the [[second law of thermodynamics]]. | ||
thermodynamics. | == External links == | ||
*[http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Carnot_Sadi.html MacTutor biography of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot] | |||
[[Category:Person]] | [[Category:Person]] | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 24 May 2007
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.