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  2. From: 4chua_l@spcvxb.spc.edu
  3. Newsgroups: sci.engr.mech
  4. Subject: The Carnot Engine
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov9.212250.4358@spcvxb.spc.edu>
  6. Date: 10 Nov 92 02:22:50 GMT
  7. Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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  10. IN MY THERMODYNAMICS CLASS SOMEBODY ASKED THE QUESTION:  THE CARNOT ENGINE 
  11. IS AN IDEAL ENGINE WHOSE THERMAL EFFICIENCY IS 100% IS THERE AN ENGINE THAT 
  12. EXIST IN TODAY'S WORLD THAT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THAT OF THE CARNOT 
  13. ENGINE'S THERMAL EFFICIENCY?
  14.              PLEASE HELP THIS STRUGGLING PHYSICS MAJOR OUT
  15.             TTTTTTHHHHHHAAANNKKKKK YYYOOOUUU!!!!
  16.                         THE PERTURB PSEUDOPHYSICIST
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