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Sadi Carnot (Britannica)

Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica biography of the French engineer whose 1824 work on heat engines is regarded as founding the field of thermodynamics.

Facts
Publisher
Encyclopaedia Britannica
URL
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sadi-Carnot-French-scientist
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
1
General encyclopedia with editorial review; standard tertiary reference.
Sources
Sadi Carnot (Britannica)
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Claims Backed By This Source (36 claims)

This source backs 36 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds, 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 18 claims: 11 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 4 general references.
  • Concepts, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 5 holds.
  • Institutions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.

Well-attested

21

Concepts

Disciplines

Scientists

Connected

1

Scientists

General References

5

Disciplines

Scientists

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