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[–] ShowMeThePunny 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I think the Napoleon quote is a stretch. He wasn't talking about internal combustion, he was talking about lighting your own boat on fire to propel it.

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[–] Fibbideh ago 

He was referring a proposal to make ships driven by the steam engine which used a combustion box which the crew shoveled coal into.