Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat
by Sadi Carnot
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About this eBook
- Author
- Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907
- Title
- Reflections on the motive power of heat : and on machines fitted to develop that power
- Original Publication
- New York: J. Wiley, 1890, pubdate 1897.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QC: Science: Physics
- Subject
- Thermodynamics
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 78610
- Release Date
- May 5, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.REFLECTIONS ON THE Motive Power of Heat .
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
- 4.NOTE BY THE EDITOR.
- 5.NOTE TO SECOND EDITION.
- 6.I. THE WORK OF SADI CARNOT.
- 7.II. LIFE OF SADI CARNOT.
- 8.III. REFLECTIONS ON THE MOTIVE POWER OF HEAT, AND ON MACHINES FITTED TO DEVELOP THAT POWER. [4]
- 9.IV. [34] CARNOT’S THEORY OF THE MOTIVE POWER OF HEAT. [35] WITH NUMERICAL RESULTS DEDUCED FROM REGNAULT’S EXPERIMENTS ON STEAM. [36] — Carnot’s Theory of the Steam-Engine. — Carnot’s Theory of the Air-engine. — Explanation of Table I. — Explanation of Table II. — Note on the curves described in Clapeyron’s graphical method of exhibiting Carnot’s Theory of the Steam-Engine. — Appendix.
- 10.APPENDIX A. EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF CARNOT. — I. Notes. — II. Notes of Sadi Carnot on Mathematics, Physics, and other Subjects. — Experiments to be made on Heat and Motive Power. — Experiments to be made on the Tension of Vapors. — Experiments to be made on Gases and Vapors. — Comparison of the Rapidity with which the Air cools in the Receiver and in the Tube. — Extent of the Movement of the Index.
- 11.APPENDIX B. CARNOT’S FOOT-NOTES.
- 12.APPENDIX C. Note by the Editor.
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