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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: / ˈ d iː z əl ˌ-s əl /, German: ⓘ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.
Mar 14, 2024 · Rudolf Diesel (born March 18, 1858, Paris, France—died September 29, 1913, at sea in the English Channel) was a German thermal engineer who invented the internal-combustion engine that bears his name. He was also a distinguished connoisseur of the arts, a linguist, and a social theorist.
Apr 8, 2019 · Bettman/Getty Images. By. Mary Bellis. Updated on April 08, 2019. The engine that bears his name set off a new chapter in the Industrial Revolution, but German engineer Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), who grew up in France, initially thought his invention would help small businesses and artisans, not industrialists.
May 19, 2016 · Rudolf Diesel was an important man of his time. It was his relentless pursuit to create the most thermally efficient powerplant that gave birth to the diesel motor. That motor, upon which is his legacy manifested into physical form, left a lasting fingerprint on the industrial and automotive world.
Sep 29, 2016 · Rudolf Diesel was a talented inventor who designed devices from refrigerators to steam engines, but his eponymous engine is what he is best known for.
Rudolf Diesel, born on March 18, 1858 in Paris, created the pressure-ignited heat engine known commonly as the diesel engine. After graduating from Munich Polytechnic, he began working as a refrigerator engineer for the Linde Ice Machine Company in Paris, moving to Berlin in 1890 to manage the company’s technical office.
Dec 19, 2016 · A plan drawing of the internal combustion engine invented by Rudolf Diesel in 1897. Diesel set himself the task of translating theory into practice. He failed. His first working engine was only...
