Sadi Carnot

Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire

And Other Papers on the Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The title essay, along with related papers in this volume, laid the foundation of modern thermodynamics. Highly readable, it contains no arguments that depend on calculus. Translation of 1890 edition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dover Publications
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 139mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780486446417
• ISBN-10: 0486446417
• Artikelnr.: 22178301

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Reflections on the Motive of Fire
and on Machines Fitted to Develop That Power by Sadi Carnot
translated and edited by R. H. Thurston Appendix: Selections from Posthumous Manuscripts of Carnot
translated by R. H. Thurston and E. Mendoza Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat by É. Clapeyron
translated and edited by E. Mendoza On the Motive Power of Heat
and on the Laws Which Can Be Deduced from it for the Theory of Heat by R. Clausius
translated by W. F. Magie