%0 Journal Article
%T Sadi Carnot and the Thermodynamics of James Watt
%A Jovan Mitrovic
%J Advances in Historical Studies
%P 47-62
%@ 2327-0446
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ahs.2023.122004
%X A comparison of CarnotĄ¯s thermodynamic statements, published in his Reflections,
with the WattĄ¯s thermodynamic ideas shows that Carnot used WattĄ¯s thermodynamics,
but he did not understand it properly. For instance, he did <span>not realize the WattĄ¯s idea that production of work
in the steam engine requires a consumption of heat. Also, instead of the pressure
difference boi</span>ler-to-condenser, Carnot used the temperature difference to
be the direct <span>quantity for the transport of caloric
in the engine. Many of CarnotĄ¯s state</span>ments are shown to express WattĄ¯s ideas
in other wording. Watt realized the reversible heat transfer in experiment several
decades prior to Reflections. In addition, CarnotĄ¯s analogy of steam engine and
water fall, published 1824, has been invalidated, long before its birth, by the
WattĄ¯s formulation of the first law in 1774. Despite these facts, James Watt is
banished from the history of thermodynamics.
%K Thermodynamics
%K James Watt
%K Sadi Carnot
%K Rudolf Clausius
%K Analogy Steam Engine-Waterfall
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=124758