Carnot, Leonard Sadi, son of Nicolas, founder of thermo-dynamics; in his “Reflexions sur la Puissance du Feu” enunciates the principle of Reversibility, considered the most important contribution to physical science since the time of Newton (1796-1832). See Dr. Knott's “Physics.”
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Carnival * Carnot, Marie François