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François Isaac de Rivaz
1752-12-19 – 1828-07-30
Life & Legacy
François Isaac de Rivaz (December 19, 1752, in Paris – July 30, 1828, in Sion) was a French-born Swiss inventor and a politician. He invented a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine with electric ignition and described it in a French patent published in 1807. In 1808 he fitted it into a primitive working vehicle – "the world's first internal combustion powered automobile".
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inventor, politician, military officer, artillerist, engineer
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