claim: William Howard Taft declined offers of appointment to the Supreme Court of France.
evidence: An oil burner engine is a steam engine that uses oil as its fuel .. steam engine. steam engine. oil. Fuel oil. The term is often used with reference to a locomotive or ship engine that burns oil , to heat water , to produce steam which drives the pistons , or turbines , from which the power is derived .. oil. Fuel oil. locomotive. locomotive. ship. ship. Some engines of this form were originally designed to be coal powered and were converted .. An early pioneer of this form of engine was James Holden , of Britain 's Great Eastern Railway .. James Holden. James Holden ( engineer ). Great Eastern Railway. Great Eastern Railway. This is mechanically very different from a diesel engine that is a form of internal combustion engine , which is sometimes colloquially referred to as an oil burner .. oil. Fuel oil. diesel engine. diesel engine. internal combustion engine. internal combustion engine. colloquially. colloquially