Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius - ASME
2012年4月11日 · Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius, one of Europe's elite theoretical physicists, was born in Köslin, Poland, in 1822. He received an excellent education, both at a small private school his father founded and Gymnasium in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), from which he graduated in 1840, at age 18. By all accounts he was a popular, well-respected ...
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Father of Thermodynamics - ASME
2012年4月10日 · About ASME Building Equipment Contractors Electric Power Engineering Services Oil and Gas Extraction. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, the son of high-ranking military leader Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot, was born in Paris in 1796. His father resigned from the army in 1807 to educate Nicolas and his brother Hippolyte—both received a broad ...
The book’s author, Nicholas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796–1832), a French engineer and physicist, published this book when he was only
Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermodynamics - ASME
2010年12月28日 · In 1698, Thomas Savery designed the first engine that continuously converted heat from fire into useful work. Newton’s First Law of Thermodynamics—that energy can neither be created nor destroyed—was built upon the research of earlier scientists. For example, James Joule identified heat as a form of energy having a unique equivalence to work.
Honorary Member - ASME
Honorary Membership is awarded for a lifetime of service to engineering or related fields--e.g. science, research, public service. This achievement is described as "distinguished service that contributes significantly to the attainment of the goals of the engineering profession." Ranking closely with Honorary Membership is the ASME Medal which ...