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THE cycle proposed by Dr. J. S. Haldane (NATURE, August 29, p. 326) as a standard of comparison for steam engine performance can be shown quite readily on a temperature-entropy chart, and thus be directly compared with the Carnot cycle and also with the Rankine-Clausius saturated steam cycle, and the relative efficiencies of the three cycles can be viewed at a glance.
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HEATH, H. Carnot's Cycle and Efficiency of Heat-Engines. Nature 116, 818–819 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116818b0
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