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This did not happen in thermodynamics. Carnot's conclusion,
which can be generalized as
"An engine cannot absorb heat from a reservoir, completely convert it into
work and
return to its initial state"
has in fact never been tested experimentally. Rather, Clausius and Kelvin
INVALIDLY
deduced it from
"Heat cannot move from a cold to a hot body in the absence of other associated
changes"