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Carnot

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1. Carnot - Noun

2. Carnot - Proper noun

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French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)

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What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do you imagine that I triumph in Italy in order to aggrandise the pack of lawyers who form the Directory, and men like Carnot and Barras? What an idea! Napoleon Bonaparte

A Carnot cycle is a special kind of cyclic process affecting a body composed of material suitable for use in a heat engine. Source: Internet

A Carnot heat engine In French, Carnot uses machine à feu, which Thurston translates as heat-engine or steam-engine. Source: Internet

According to the second theorem, "The efficiency of the Carnot engine is independent of the nature of the working substance". Source: Internet

Any machine or process that is claimed to produce an efficiency greater than the Carnot efficiency is not viable because it violates the second law of thermodynamics. Source: Internet

After experimenting with a Carnot Cycle engine, he developed his own approach. Source: Internet

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