"The expression "a machine is driven by heat" is not... strictly accurate. ...[I]n consequence of the changes produced by heat upon ...matter in the machine, the parts ...are set in motion. ...[T]his matter ...[is] that which manifests the action of heat."
Rudolf Clausius

January 1, 1970

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