Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine, circa 1883 (Public domain/via Wikimedia) On episode 42, Charles answers a question about the game of Rugby, and then talks to Douglas Brunt about his ...

On Feb. 23, 1892, Rudolf Diesel obtained German patent RP 67207 for an internal combustion engine that required no ignition source and proved over time far more mechanically efficient than ...

Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, vanished into thin air on the eve of World War I. His revolutionary invention, the Diesel engine, was highly sought after by global industries and ...

Rudolf Diesel was the second of three children born to Theodor and Elise Diesel on March 18, 1858 in the city of Paris, France. The son of German-born immigrants, Theodor Diesel had migrated from his ...

User-Created Clip by zlowe November 1, 2023 2023-10-28T19:22:10-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2a5/1698848731.jpgAuthor Douglas Brunt talked about how Rudolf ...

On August 9, 1898, Rudolf Diesel was issued a patent for his diesel internal combustion engine, a competitor to the gasoline engine at the time (see figure below from patent). Armed with an education ...