page_title: François Isaac de Rivaz
hierarchical_section_title: François Isaac de Rivaz
caption_attribution_description: English: isaac de Rivaz (1752-1828), Portrait par Antoine Hecht, 1827. Propriété de Mme G. Doebeli-Leuzinger, in Pierre de Rivaz, inventeur et historien, 1711-1772&#160;: sa vie et ses occupations professionnelles, ses recherches techniques, ses travaux historique by Henri Michelet. Français&#160;: Portrait de François Isaac de Rivaz par Antoine Hecht.
context_page_description: François Isaac de Rivaz was an 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".
context_section_description: François Isaac de Rivaz (Paris, December 19, 1752 – Sion, July 30, 1828) was an 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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