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Figure 28. Model of a machine for generating electricity based on differencesof temperature between the sea surface and great depth. This thermal machinewas devised by the physicist Georges Claude and the engineer Paul Boucherot in1926. It was an application of Carnot's theorem and was a forerunner of themodern ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) project.
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Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Photographer
Georges Claude?
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
The Early Instruments - Collections of the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco
Supplemental Material, Demonstration Equipment, and Meteorological Instruments
Keywords
Oceanography