De Caus
Caux, Salomon de
Salomon de Caux (Caus) (1576–1626) was a French engineer and physicist with an English education. He is renowned for his exposition Les Raisons des Forces Mouvantes avec Diverses Machines (1615), in which he describes some of the basic principles of the steam engine. De Caux also constructed one of the first solar devices: a solar engine. His device was made of glass lenses, a supporting frame, and an airtight metal vessel containing water and air. When the air is heated during operation, a small water fountain is produced.
Further Reading
Salomon de Caus - Short Biography (Kinematic Models for Design, Digital Library)
How Steam Engines Work (howstuffworks.com)
Citation
Cleveland, C. (2006). Caux, Salomon de. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/De_Caus
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