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Pyréolophore

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  • NicĂ©phore NiĂ©pce
    Nicéphore Niépce

    
engine, which they called the PyrĂ©olophore, explaining that the word was derived from a combination of the Greek words for “fire,” “wind,” and “I produce.” Working on a piston-and-cylinder system similar to 20th-century gasoline-powered engines, the PyrĂ©olophore initially used lycopodium powder for fuel, and NiĂ©pce claimed to have used it


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engine, which they called the PyrĂ©olophore, explaining that the word was derived from a combination of the Greek words for “fire,” “wind,” and “I produce.” Working on a piston-and-cylinder system similar to 20th-century gasoline-powered engines, the PyrĂ©olophore initially used lycopodium powder for fuel, and NiĂ©pce claimed to have used it


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