CONTENTS. 



i. 



PAGE 



THE WORK OF N.-L.-SADi CARNOT. By the Editor, I 



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A. EXTRACTS FROM UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS OF 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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