Indeholder "Introduction", "Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power - by Sadi Carnot, translated and edited by R. H. Thurston.", " Appendix: Selections from the Posthumous Manuscripts of Carnot, translated by R. H. Thurston and E. Mendoza", "Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat by É. Clapeyron, translated and edited by E. Mendoza", "On the Motive Power of Heat, and on the Laws which can be Deduced from it for the Theory of Heat by R. Clausius, translated by W. F. Magie".

"Introduction" handler om ???
"Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power - by Sadi Carnot, translated and edited by R. H. Thurston." handler om ???
" Appendix: Selections from the Posthumous Manuscripts of Carnot, translated by R. H. Thurston and E. Mendoza" handler om ???
"Memoir on the Motive Power of Heat by É. Clapeyron, translated and edited by E. Mendoza" handler om ???
"On the Motive Power of Heat, and on the Laws which can be Deduced from it for the Theory of Heat by R. Clausius, translated by W. F. Magie" handler om ???

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