Rudolph Diesel
1858-1913
German engineer who devised an internal combustion engine named after him. Based on his theoretical engineering education in Munich and his association with German refrigerati...
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Diesel, Rudolph (1858–1913)
Rudolph Christian Karl Diesel was a German thermal engineer and inventor of the high-efficiency internal-combustion engine that bears his name.
Much of Diesel'...
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Rudolf Diesel was born in Paris, France, on March 18, 1858, the son of Bavarian Germans from Augsburg. At the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, the family was expelled from France and they ...
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The German mechanical engineer Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) is remembered for the compression-ignition internal combustion engine which bears his name.Rudolf Diesel was born March 18, 1858, in Paris. His...
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