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2 unusual facts about Carnot


Carnot, Central African Republic

The city takes its name as a tribute to the assassinated French President Sadi Carnot.

Château de la Rochepot

As with many castles, it fell into ruin and it was only restored in the 19th century by the Carnot family.


Carnot cycle

A system undergoing a Carnot cycle is called a Carnot heat engine, although such a "perfect" engine is only a theoretical limit and cannot be built in practice.

Caserio

Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873–1894), Italian anarchist and assassin of Marie François Sadi Carnot

Forges de Syam

Alphonse's granddaughter, who had married the son of Sadi-Carnot in 1910, would often stay at Syam.

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Historian Michael Glover writes that the first day's attack was a failure because of Carnot's interference, while the second day's success resulted from Jourdan using his own tactical judgment.

Jean-Paul Costa

Costa was born in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, and educated at the Lycée Carnot in the city, but his family left when the country declared independence in 1957.

Photo-Carnot engine

The Radiation pressure is only proportional to this 4th power of temperature but no other variables, meaning that for this photo-Carnot engine an isotherm is equivalent to an isobar.

Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire

The Reflections contain a number of principles such as the Carnot cycle, the Carnot heat engine, Carnot's theorem, thermodynamic efficiency.

Sadi Carnot

Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837–1894), president of the third French Republic, and nephew of Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot


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