Carnot heat engine
The Carnot heat engine uses a particular thermodynamic cycle studied by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in the 1820s and expanded upon by Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron in the 1830s and 40s. A heat engine is an engine that uses heat to produce mechanical work by carrying a working substance through a cyclic process.
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Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot - 1820s - Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron - 1830s - 40s - Heat engine
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