The document discusses the second law of thermodynamics. It defines a heat engine as a system that develops net work from a heat supply, requiring both a hot and cold reservoir. The second law states that the gross heat supplied must be greater than the net work done, meaning the efficiency of a heat engine is always less than 100%. Entropy is introduced as a property that enables the representation of heat flow on temperature-entropy diagrams. Such diagrams are shown and described for steam.