Talk:Pyréolophore

A fact from Pyréolophore appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Pyréolophore was probably the world's first internal combustion engine and was fuelled by burning powdered moss, coal granules and resin?

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Video

Detailed animation of how the pyréolophore works, prepared by the Niépce museum. Fascinating! (in French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4hXEgIYB24

Awien (talk) 19:07, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Disputing claim as the world's first internal combustion engine

The opening sentence says the Pyréolophore was the world's first internal combustion engine in the early 19th century, with the first running prototype in 1807. While this is a fantastic achievement, it was pre-dated by John Barber' gas turbine in 1791, Thomas Mead's Gas Engine in 1794, Robert Street' internal combustion engine in 1794 and John Stevens internal combustion engine in 1798. Stepho talk 07:28, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which of those were actually constructed, worked, and did useful work though? There was no sudden application of Pyréolophores to propulsion, but they did manage to build an example and demonstrate it powering a boat. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:13, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The examples quoted do not seem to have got beyond paper ideas, so the Pyreolophore's shared claim with Isaac de Rivaz of 'first actual' still stands.

Most of these other names and ideas would be well served by new wiki articles.John Barber (engineer), History of the internal combustion engine, Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine.Chienlit (talk) 14:52, 14 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]