Rudolf Diesel
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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel. Both are named for him.
Diesel, c. 1900
Dresden in Antwerp Harbour, 1913
Rudolf Diesel on a 1958 German postage stamp
Diesel fuel
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Diesel fuel, also called diesel oil, fuel oil, or simply diesel, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes
Rudolf Diesel
…German: ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel. Both are named for him. Diesel was born on 18 March 1858 at 38 Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth in Paris, France, the second of three children of Elise (née…
A tank of diesel fuel on a truck
A modern diesel dispenser
Biodiesel made from soybean oil
Large diesel fuel tanks in Sörnäinen, Helsinki, Finland