Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power is a book published in 1824 by French physicist Sadi Carnot.[1][2][3][4][5]The 118-page book's French title was Réflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres à développer cette puissance. It is a significant publication in the history of thermodynamics about a generalized theory of heat engines.
Title page of the 1824 French first edition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflections_on_the_Motive_Power_of_Fire
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