Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat
by Sadi Carnot
- Year
- 1824
- Field
- Physics
- Translator
- Robert Henry Thurston
- Licence
- Public domain (Project Gutenberg, US)
- Source
- gutenberg
- Length
- about 56,161 words in 18 sections
Opening preview
The first paragraphs of "GEORGE WASHINGTON. · CONTENTS.". Read the full section
I. PAGE THE WORK OF N.-L.-SADI CARNOT. _By the Editor_, 1
II. THE LIFE OF N.-L.-SADI CARNOT. _By Mons. H. Carnot_, 20
III. REFLECTIONS ON THE MOTIVE POWER OF HEAT AND ON MACHINES FITTED TO DEVELOP THAT POWER. _By Mons. N.-L.-Sadi Carnot_, 37
Contents
- Part 1 · 1 words
- SADI CARNOT · AT THE AGE OF 17. · 7 words
- REFLECTIONS ON THE MOTIVE POWER OF HEAT. · 25 words
- EDITED BY · 53 words
- ROBERT DRUMMOND, ELECTROTYPER AND PRINTER, NEW YORK. · DEDICATED · TO · 2 words
- PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, · 22 words
- AND WHO, ELEVATED TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE WITHIN THE GIFT OF THE · FRENCH NATION, · 64 words
- GEORGE WASHINGTON. · CONTENTS. · 800 words
- NOTE BY THE EDITOR. · 403 words
- NOTE TO SECOND EDITION. · 174 words
- I. THE WORK OF SADI CARNOT. · BY THE EDITOR. · 3,829 words
- SADI CARNOT. · II. LIFE OF SADI CARNOT. · BY M. H. CARNOT. · 3,528 words
- BY S. CARNOT. · 24,500 words
- EXPLANATION OF TABLE I. · 157 words
- EXPLANATION OF TABLE II. · 5,977 words
- APPENDIX A. EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF CARNOT. · I. NOTES. · 2,256 words
- II. NOTES OF SADI CARNOT ON MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND OTHER SUBJECTS. · 8,657 words
- APPENDIX C. NOTE BY THE EDITOR. · 5,706 words
