[1306.1939] A critique of Sadi Carnot's work and a mathematical theory of the caloric

[1306.1939] A critique of Sadi Carnot's work and a mathematical theory of the caloric:

A critique of Sadi Carnot's work and a mathematical theory of the caloric

N.D. Hari Dass

(Submitted on 8 Jun 2013)

In this work, Sadi Carnot;s fundamental work is critically examined, and contrasted with modern thermodynamics. A mathematical theory of his work is given on the basis of the observation that in caloric theory dQ is a perfect differential.

Comments:	17 pages, 8 figures, prepared in JHEP style
Subjects:	History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph); Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
Cite as:	arXiv:1306.1939 [physics.hist-ph]
	(or arXiv:1306.1939v1 [physics.hist-ph] for this version)

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