Carnot
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Carnot may refer to:
People[edit]
Surname[edit]
- Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot (1753-1823), French mathematician and politician of the French Revolution
- Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832), one of the pioneers of thermodynamics, mathematician and eldest son of Lazare
- 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.
- Paul Carnot (1869-1957), physician
Given name[edit]
- Carnot Posey, American lawyer and Confederate States Army general
Places[edit]
- Carnot, Central African Republic, a city in the Central African Republic
- Carnot, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Carnot-Moon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Other uses[edit]
- Carnot cycle, in thermodynamics
- Carnot heat engine, an idealised thermodynamic engine based on the Carnot cycle
- Carnot (crater), a crater on the far side of the moon
- Carnot's rule, an early formulation of the second law of thermodynamics
- Carnot's theorem in geometry
- French battleship Carnot
See also[edit]
- Carnotite, a mineral
- Lycée Carnot, a school in Paris
See also[edit]
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