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Portrait of Sadi Carnot

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Nicolas Léonard "Sadi" Carnot (1796 – 1832) was a French mechanical engineer, physicist, and early pioneer in the field of thermodynamics.

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  • 16.5 cm W x 24.5 cm H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I: Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II: Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 4, Folder 4

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Meisenbach Riffarth & Company. “Portrait of Sadi Carnot.” Engelmann, Th. W. (Th. Wilhelm), n.d. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 4, Folder 4. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/khhrb6s.

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SADI CARNOT
im Alter von 17 Jahren n.e. Portrait v. Bailly a.d. Jahre 1813.

Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig

Gravure Meisenbach Riffarth & Co. Leipzig.

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SADI CARNOT
at the age of 17, based on a portrait by Bailly from the year 1813

Published by Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig

Gravure by Meisenbach Riffarch & Co., Leipzig

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