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Reflections on the motive power of heat

CONTENTS.

Robert Henry Thurston translation

I.

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The Work of N.-L.-Sadi Carnot. By the Editor, 1

II.

The Life of N.-L.-Sadi Carnot. By Mons. H. Carnot, 20

III.

Reflections on the Motive Power of Heat and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power. By Mons. N.-L.-Sadi Carnot, 37

IV.

Account of Carnot’s Theory. By Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 127

APPENDIX.

A. Extracts from Unpublished Writings of Carnot, 205

B. Carnot’s Foot-notes, 237

C. Note by the Editor, 261

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