[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Pyréolophore: it’s the name of the first internal combustion engine in the world, invented by Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude. It will officially enter into Le Musée des Arts et Métiers on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 7pm. The Niépce House and Spéos Photography school rectify the history of science, after many…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] At initiative of Manuel Bonnet, and with Jean-Louis Bruley’s technical supervising, Spéos and Maison Nicéphore Niépce have decided to celebrate the bicentennial of the Pyreolophore by rebuilding it as it was originally. It is the first internal combustion engine ever, which was invented and patented by the Niépce brothers in 1807. 10 years…
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