Alternatively, if Rudolf had had his way, perhaps the global economy would run on peanuts. Diesel's name has become synonymous with a crude oil derivative, but he designed his engine to use a ...

The engine that bears his name earned him a fortune in royalties, and the German engineer and inventor Rudolf Diesel was apparently doing well when he boarded a steamship from Belgium to England ...

Also recently named a Best of 2023 Staff Pick by Apple Books, The Mysterious Case tells the true story of Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, who vanished into thin air on the ...

For more than a century, the Diesel engine has been the backbone of heavy industry. The internal combustion engine that ignites fuel by heating it up through compression powers everything from ...

Patent deals in Germany and Great Britain netted Rudolf Diesel royalties of 70,000 marks a year. In addition, a German company paid him a lump sum of 1,250,000 marks plus a block of stock.

Rudolf Diesel's engine came a little late to the internal combustion party. Patents were first issued in the mid-1890s. But after commercial and shipping use, diesel engines were first dropped ...