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Today In History (July 20 1807)

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:27 am
by AustrianPainter
TODAY IN HISTORY
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1807: Nicéphore Niépce, who twenty years later also invented photography, is awarded a patent by the French government for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.

Re: Today In History (July 20 1807)

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2024 12:46 pm
by Will Williams
AustrianPainter wrote:
Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:27 am
TODAY IN HISTORY
Nicéphore_Niépce_-_Musée_Nicéphore_Niépce_-_DSC06022-750x1000.jpg
1807: Nicéphore Niépce, who twenty years later also invented photography, is awarded a patent by the French government for the Pyréolophore, the world’s first internal combustion engine, after it successfully powered a boat upstream on the river Saône in France.
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Now there is a little known, exceptional man of our race!