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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.
1952 Shell Oil film showing the development of the diesel engine from 1877. The diesel engine, named after the German engineer Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of diesel fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
Diesel's headquarters are in Breganze, on the former Moto Laverda factory area, and had twelve international subsidiaries as of 2005. [20] As of 2008, the company had five thousand points of sale across eighty countries, with 270 mono-brand Diesel stores. Diesel itself owns 170 of those, with the rest owned by franchisees. [27]
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Vin Diesel wants to bring the next Fast movie back to Los Angeles.. On Thursday, Jan. 23, Diesel, 57, shared a photo of himself and Fast and Furious franchise costar Jordana Brewster embracing on ...
The Fiat Croma TD-i.d. was the first turbo charged direct injection diesel in 1987 [25] followed one year later by the Austin Rover Montego. [26] The Audi 100, however, pioneered electronic control of the engine, while the Fiat and Austin had Bosch mechanically controlled injection.
That’s every truck driver's main expense, it's diesel," says Whitaker of the recent rise in diesel prices. Whitaker says at the beginning of the year it cost $600 or $700 to fill up his truck ...
It seems that even Diesel has some good in him somewhere. Notes. In the United States, this book was published with the title Thomas and the Naughty Diesel. A later version with illustrations similar to the My-First models was released under the title Thomas and Diesel. This book marks Diesel's second visit to Sodor.