CONTENTS. 



CARNOT. 



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Childhood of Carnot. His Education - ............ 1 



Entrance of Carnot into the School of Mezieres as Sec- 



ond Lieutenant of Engineers ...................... 8 



Carnot a First Lieutenant on Service in Fortresses 9 



The first Communication between Carnot and the Acad- 



emy of Sciences. Air-Balloons ................... 10 



Eloge of Yauban by Carnot. His Discussions with M. de 



Montalembert .................................. 13 



Essay on Machines. New Theorem on the Loss of 





Power ........................... . . ...... 



Carnot a Pol\ti'ni"?m -.ni one of the Judges of Louis XVI. 30 

 Carnot a Member of the Committee of Public Safety- 33 

 Carnot entrusted with the Organization and Direction of 

 our Armies ..................................... 44 



Carnot on the Field of Battle at Wattignies ........... 50 



Statistics of the Operations of the Armies ............ 54 



Carnot, named by Fourteen Departments, enters the 

 Council of the Elders, and then the Executive Direc- 

 tory. Hoche sent to La Vendee, Moreau and Jourdan 

 to the Rhine, and Bonaparte to Italy ............... 54 



