Of course none of those oil-burners would be around today (or they would at least have a different name) without the work of one Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel. On this day 150 years ago, Dr. Diesel ...

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 ...

With the development of his eponymous engine, Rudolf Diesel was to have a profound effect on the way industry, transportation and international freight shaped the 20th century. Written by Nick Smith.

Adding further (diesel) fuel to the suicide fire was Rudolf’s diary, found in the cabin on the ship. On the day of his disappearance, there was a religious cross, drawn in the diary.

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 ...

Diesel filed a patent for an internal combustion engine in 1894, where fuel was injected at the top of a piston's compression cycle, and that combination created ignition. He almost died before that.

Diesel engines have offered a fuel efficient alternative to gasoline powered engines for decades. ... Rudolf Diesel, who patented his first-of-its-kind compression ignition engine in the 1890s.

EXCLUSIVE: Priority Pictures, the production company of Emmy-winning producers Lizzie Friedman, Karen Lauder, and Greg Little, has optioned Douglas Brunt’s NYT bestseller The Mysterious Case of ...