Happy Birthday Diesel! The Diesel Engine Turns 120 Today

JSpira · 08-09-2013, 05:09 PM

OK, 1, 2, 3... let's all sing Happy Birthday...

Happy Birthday Diesel: The Diesel Turns 120

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On August 10, 1893, Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913), after having almost been killed by an earlier prototype, built the first working prototype of what has come to be called the diesel engine. He was the first person to prove that fuel could be ignited without a spark. What he built was a 25-horsepower, four-stroke, single vertical cylinder compression engine.

Earlier that year, Diesel published a paper,...
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Billup · 08-09-2013, 05:40 PM

Definitely something we should all appreciate. Diesel definitely put the times to the challenge through every test he ran before he developed the first efficient alternate fuel powered engine.

Happy Birthday big D.

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Billup Banned 476 Rep 928 Posts Drives: Your mum crazy. Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Baconopolos Island iTrader: (0)	Definitely something we should all appreciate. Diesel definitely put the times to the challenge through every test he ran before he developed the first efficient alternate fuel powered engine. Happy Birthday big D.
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