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Rudolf Diesel

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Noun1.Rudolf Diesel - German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)Rudolf Diesel - German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)
Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel
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According to the Renewable Energy Association (REA) Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine to run on vegetable oil, fuelling his first demonstration with peanut oil and stating in 1913 that: "The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today but such oils may become in course of time as important as petroleum.
Oil's well for Colin's fuel of future by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
1858: Rudolf Diesel, German engineer who invented the diesel engine, was born in Paris.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Byline: RAY MARSHALL 1837: Stephen Grover Cleveland 24th and 26th American President 1858: Rudolf Diesel.
Born on this day; Remember When A BLAST FROM THE PAST by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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