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20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France
Category: Society & Culture
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Publish Date: 2017-07-19 21:05:19
Description: Napoleon granted a patent for the Pyréolophore to Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude. Nicéphore Niépce had fled France during the Revolution as he was the son of a wealthy lawyer who was suspected of having royalist sympathies. He later returned to France where he served in Napoleon’s army before resigning on health grounds and becoming the Administrator of the district of Nice. By 1801 Niépce and his older brother Claude had returned to manage the family’s estate while conducting scientific research. It was here that they developed their internal combustion engine, which harnessed the power of hot air expanding during ...
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