Augustin Mouchot

French inventor and solar power pioneer (1825-1912) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87

Augustin Mouchot was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power.

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Knight of the Legion of Honour

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