Steam Engines Rankine Cycle Camshaft Red = Hot Steam Yellow = Exhaust
Thomas Newcomen First Piston Steam Engine 1709 James Watt Improved Efficiency of Steam Engine 1765 Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot Analyzed the Steam Engine 1824
Gasoline (Four-Stroke) Engine Otto Cycle Nikolaus Otto
Gas Turbine Engine Brayton or Joule Cycle
Carnot Engine Carnot Cycle Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot No engine operating between two heat reservoirs can be more efficient than a Carnot engine operating between those same reservoirs.