Pyréolophore
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thumb|300px|1806 diagram of the Pyréolophore, drawn by the Niépce brothers
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10 sectionsContents
- Preliminary research
- Proof of concept
- Operation
- Further development
- Design flaw
- Reconstruction
- See also
- References
- External links
- Gallery and archive at the Niépce House Museum
thumb|300px|1806 diagram of the Pyréolophore, drawn by the Niépce brothers
The Pyréolophore () was an early internal combustion engine and the first made to power a boat. It was invented in the early 19th century in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, by the Niépce brothers: Nicéphore (who went on to invent photography) and Claude. In 1807 the brothers ran a prototype internal combustion engine, and on 20 July 1807 a patent was granted by Napoleon Bonaparte after it had successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyréolophore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.