Carnot
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Carnot is the name of a celebrated French family in politics and science with the following members:
- Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), mathematician and politician.
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), mathematician and eldest son of Lazare, one of the pioneers of thermodynamics.
- Hippolyte Carnot (1801-1888), politician and second son of Lazare.
- Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837-1894), son of Hippolyte, President of France, 1887–1894.
- Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839-1920), son of Hippolyte, mining engineer and chemist.
A number of lycées, streets etc. are named after this family throughout France.
It may also refer to:
- Carnot heat engine, the idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle, as studied by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot.
- Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon.
- Carnot, Central African Republic, a city located in the Central African Republic.
[edit] See also
- Carnot's rule, an early formulation of the second law of thermodynamics.
- Carnot's theorem in geometry.
- Carnot Posey, an American lawyer and Confederate general.
- Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, USA.
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