THE WORK OF 1SADI CARNOT. 19 



velopment of the work of which this initial paper 

 of Carnot was the introductory, should study the 

 contribution of Sir William Thomson to this devel- 

 opment, as published in 1849, a paper which 

 constitutes that physicist the virtual discoverer of 

 Carnot and the godfather of the man and his 

 thoughts. This paper constitutes the final chapter 

 of this little book. 



From that time the additional progress so rap- 

 idly made in the new science was as inevitable 

 as the development of a gold-field, once the pre- 

 cious metal has been found in paying quantities 

 in the hitherto unvisited canons and gorges of 

 a distant and unexplored mountain-range. But 

 great as is the work since done, and great as have 

 been the discoveries and the discoverers of later 

 years, none claims our gratitude and compels our 

 respect in greater degree than does the original 

 discoverer 



SADI CARNOT. 



