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Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the Diesel engine (died 1913)
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Rudolf Diesel
German inventor and engineer (1858–1913)
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Diesel engine
Type of internal combustion engine
The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)