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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: / ˈ d iː z əl ˌ-s əl /, [1] German: ⓘ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German [note 1] inventor and mechanical engineer who invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.
It portrays the life of Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor of the diesel engine. [1] It was one of a series of prestigious biopics made in Nazi Germany portraying genius inventors or artists struggling against the societies in which they live. The film was based on a biography by Eugen Diesel, one of Diesel's children.
Prior to World War II, he pursued studies in Munich and developed an interest in Rudolf Diesel, which led him to make frequent visits to Augsburg for research purposes. Following the war, upon returning to his company, he initiated the creation of the Memorial Grove in Wittelsbacher Park. In 1955, he received the prestigious Rudolf Diesel Medal.
25-year-old Rudolf Diesel Diesel's patent DRP 67 207. Theory and Construction of a Rational Heat Motor (German: Theorie und Konstruktion eines rationellen Wärmemotors zum Ersatz der Dampfmaschine und der heute bekannten Verbrennungsmotoren; English: Theory and construction of a rational heat motor with the purpose of replacing the steam engine and the internal combustion engines known today ...
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1625: Glauber's salt by Johann Rudolf Glauber [103] 1669: Discovery of phosphorus by Hennig Brand in Hamburg [104] 1706: Prussian blue by Heinrich Diesbach in Berlin [105] 1717: Johann Heinrich Schulze used a light-sensitive slurry to capture images of cut-out letters on a bottle, sometimes seen as the start of photography [106] [107]
After Rudolph’s initial success, Rankin/Bass made sequels to his story, including Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, where Santa tasks Rudolph with finding the Baby New Year before time is frozen ...
Diesel Locomotives A new type of railway locomotives was developed by Dr. Rudolf Diesel, which involved a new internal combustion method to propel the railway. In 1892, he proposed this method and soon sparked speculation on whether this type of engine would actually work.