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Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl |
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Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl(born March 18, 1858, Paris, France—died Sept. 29, 1913, at sea in the English Channel) German thermal engineer. In the 1890s he invented the internal-combustion engine that bears his name, producing a series of increasingly successful models of the diesel engine that culminated in his demonstration in 1897 of a 25-horsepower, four-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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