Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot Professions : Engineer Born : June 1, 1796 Died : August 24, 1832 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot The production of motion in the steam engine always occurs in circumstances which it is necessary to recognize, namely when the equilibrium of caloric is restored, or (to express this differently) when caloric passes from the body at one temperature to another body at a lower temperature. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot temperature heat body Similar Authors Alan Mulally engineer Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer All Authors