Sadi Carnot on Carnot's theorem

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-47

  Guemez J ^a   Fiolhais, C ^b   Fiolhais, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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EID: 27744600778     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1412642     Document Type: Review

References (27)

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2. See Ref. 1, p. 63.
3. See Ref. 1, p. 67.
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5. See Ref. 1, pp. 76-77.
6. Although Carnot refers to the caloric theory of heat, his conclusions on heat engines do not depend on any caloric or mechanical theory of heat. For this discussion, see, for example, Refs. 7 and 14, and V. K. La Mer, "Some current misinterpretations of N. L. Sadi Carnot's memoir and cycle. II," Am. J. Phys. 23, 95-102 (1955);
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17. See Ref. 1, p. 22.
18. 17 See Ref. 1, pp. 94-95.
19. See Ref. 1, pp. 90-91.
20. 19 See Ref. 1, p. 9.
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23. Carnot wrote that "Our fundamental law is therefore confirmed for one particular case," Ref. 1, p. 99.
24. See Ref. 1, p. 79.
25. See Ref. 1, p. 95.
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