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Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor and Engineer

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine. Diesel developed, patented, and built the engine, which uses compressed air to ignite fuel oil, in the 1890s. Diesel understood thermodynamics and the theoretical and practical constraints on fuel efficiency. He knew that as much as 90% of the energy available in the fuel is wasted in a steam engine. His work in engine design was driven by the goal of much higher efficiency ratios. In 1913, Diesel boarded the post office steamer Dresden in Antwerp on his way to a meeting in London. His cabin was found empty during a roll call and he was never seen alive again. The crew of a Dutch boat Coertsen came upon the corpse of a man floating in the ocean in an advanced state of decomposition. They retrieved personal items that were later were identified as belonging to Diesel. After Diesel's disapperance, his wife Martha discovered a handbag with 200,000 German marks and financial statements indicating that their bank accounts were virtually empty.
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Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor and Engineer
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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine. Diesel developed, patented, and built the engine, which uses compressed air to ignite fuel oil, in the 1890s. Diesel understood thermodynamics and the theoretical and practical constraints on fuel efficiency. He knew that as much as 90% of the energy available in the fuel is wasted in a steam engine. His work in engine design was driven by the goal of much higher efficiency ratios. In 1913, Diesel boarded the post office steamer Dresden in Antwerp on his way to a meeting in London. His cabin was found empty during a roll call and he was never seen alive again. The crew of a Dutch boat Coertsen came upon the corpse of a man floating in the ocean in an advanced state of decomposition. They retrieved personal items that were later were identified as belonging to Diesel. After Diesel's disapperance, his wife Martha discovered a handbag with 200,000 German marks and financial statements indicating that their bank accounts were virtually empty.
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