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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.<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=CA&NR=44611A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18931103&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP# Diesel's 1893 patent]</ref> <ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=608845A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18980809&DB=&locale=en_EP# Diesel's 1898 patent]</ref>  Inventors in several countries had obtained patents for oil engines a little earlier but their engines differed from Diesel's in that they were not true compression-ignition engines.

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.<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=CA&NR=44611A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18931103&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP# Diesel's 1893 patent]</ref> <ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=608845A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=18980809&DB=&locale=en_EP# Diesel's 1898 patent]</ref>  Inventors in several countries had obtained patents for oil engines 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.  The circumstances of his death are unknown but theories include suicide and murder.<ref>[http://www.newhistorian.com/the-mysterious-death-of-rudolf-diesel/4932/ The mysterious death of Rudolf Diesel]</ref>

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