Steam Engines Rankine Cycle Yellow = Exhaust Red = Hot Steam Camshaft.

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Thomas NewcomenFirst Piston Steam Engine1709

James WattImproved Efficiency of Steam Engine1765 Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot

Analyzed the Steam Engine1824

Gas Turbine EngineBrayton or Joule Cycle

Carnot Engine

Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot

Carnot Cycle

No engine operating between two heat reservoirs can be more efficient than a Carnot engine operating between those same reservoirs.