CONTENTS. 



CARNOT. 



PAOE 



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 Vauban by Carnot. His Discussions with M. de 



Montalembert 13 



Essay on Machines. New Theorem on the Loss of 



Power 21 



Carnot a Politician and 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. Hbche sent to La Vendee, Moreau and Jourdan 

 to the Rhine, and Bonaparte to Italy 54 



