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Portrait: Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine

24 February 2021 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait Reading Time: 14 minutes

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine, and for his suspicious death at sea. Diesel was the namesake of the 1942 film Diesel. The first successful Diesel engine ran in 1897 and is now on display at the German Technical Museum in Munich. Rudolf Diesel obtained patents for his design in Germany and other countries, including the United States. He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1978. read more…