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Description: Diagram of the first internal combustion engine,the Pyreolophore, of 1806 which was powered by a mixture of coal dust and lycopodium powder.
Title: Pyreolophore
Credit: Diagram by the Niépce brothers c 1806. Uploaded from http://www.niepce.com/pagus/pireus1.html
Author: Nicéphore Niépce ( 1765 – 1833) and Claude Niépce (1763 – 1828)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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