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The '''Diesel engine''' is a type of [[internal combustion engine]] which runs on [[Diesel]] fuel. It is generally attributed to the German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) although similar engines had been invented in various countries at around the same time.

The '''Diesel engine''' is a type of [[internal combustion engine]] which runs on [[Diesel]] fuel. It is named for its German inventor Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913).  Diesel obtained patents for the engine in 1893 and 1898.  Inventors in several other countries had obtained patents a little earlier but their engines differed from Diesel's in that they were not true compression-ignition engines.

Rudolph Diesel fell from a cross-channel ferry in 1913 and drowned.  It is believed that his death was suicide.  Diesel was a pacifist and he was distressed that his engines were being installed in submarines for use in war.

Rudolph Diesel fell from a cross-channel ferry in 1913 and drowned.  It is believed that his death was suicide.  Diesel was a pacifist and he was distressed that his engines were being installed in submarines for use in war.