Lazare Carnot Quote

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.


Essai sur les machines en général (1783), art. 8, trans. Ivor Grattan-Guinness


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...

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...

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...

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...