Nicolas Lรฉonard Sadi Carnot Biography
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- Born June 1, 1796
Nicolas Lรฉonard Sadi Carnot (French: [nikษla leษnaส sadi kaสno]; 1 June 1796 โ 24 August 1832) was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the รcole polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm (le gรฉnie) of the French Army. He also pursued scientific studies and in June 1824 published an essay titled Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire. In that book, which would be his only publication, Carnot developed the first successful theory of the maximum efficiency of heat engines.
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