Lazare and Sadi Carnot A Scientific and Filial Relationship
Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineers and went largely unnoticed by physicists...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2014 |
| Series: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- From the Contents: Biographical Sketch of Lazare Carnot
- The Science Of Machines: Summary of Essai sur les machines en général
- Geometric motions
- Moment–of –Momentum
- Moment–of–Activity–The concept of work
- Practical conclusions
- The Development Of Carnot's Mechanics: Argument of the 1778 Memoir on theory of machines
- Argument of the 1780 Memoir