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* 01.06.1796
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Paris
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born
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1812
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Admission examination
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1814
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After heavy losses to Napoleon's Russian campaign Carnot turned in the hour of greatest danger for the French nation with a letter to Napoleon. He asked for himself and his fellow students (the students of the Ecole Polytechnique) for permission to be allowed to participate in the defense of the country.
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1819
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Engineering officer
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1824
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Appearance of Carnot's only published writing in his lifetime "Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines à propres développer cette puissance"
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1826 - 1828
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Service as captain
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1828 - ?
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He resumes his scientific studies
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† 24.08.1832
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Paris
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In June 1832 Carnot fell ill with scarlet fever and "brain fever". He died during a cholera epidemic. He was buried with nearly all his manuscripts and his possessions.
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1834
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Picking up the ideas of Carnot again and publishing them was reserved for the friend and classmate of Carnot, Emile Clapeyron, the special merit acquired by the development of railways in France.
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