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Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite Carnot
(13 May 1753 - 2 Aug 1823)
French mathematician and military engineer who wrote several works on mathematics and military engineering. His masterpiece is considered to be De la défense des places fortes (1810), the classic work on fortification.
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Science Quotes by Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite Carnot (1)
When a body acts upon another one, it is always immediately or through some intermediate body; this intermediate body is in general what one calls a machine.
— Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite Carnot
Essai sur les machines en général (1783), art. 8, trans. Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
See also: | Machine (22)
