Sadi Carnot

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Noun1.Sadi Carnot - French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)Sadi Carnot - French physicist who founded thermodynamics (1796-1832)
Carnot, Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot
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You saved the best for last--good old Second Law and Sadi Carnot. I graduated with a 2.8 gpa in 1947 and the only less-than-satisfactory grade in three years was thermo--a big D.
Thanks for the heat
One name is Sadi Carnot. Without his work there would be no thermodynamics, engineering, or standard of living as we know them today.
The many and the few: in a parade of machines, a young engineer saw the principle that everything flows one way, from high to low
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