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Book Title: Reflections ON the Motive Power of Fire : and OTHER Papers ON the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.4in.
Item Width: 5.6in.
Author: Sadi Carnot
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Physics / General, Mechanics / Thermodynamics
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
