Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (died 1832)

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot

French physicist and engineer (1796–1832)

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot was a French military engineer and physicist. A graduate of the École polytechnique, Carnot served as an officer in the Engineering Arm of the French Army. He also pursued scientific studies and in June 1824 published an essay titled Reflections on…