Patent for world’s first internal combustion engine

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20 July, 1807

Emperor Napoleon of France awarded the patent for the world’s first internal combustion engine to Nicéphore Niépce on 20th July 1807. The Pyréolophore created by Niépce had successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône.

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