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Rudolf Diesel (1858-1913) was born on 18 March in Paris and he died under mysterious circumstances during a voyage across the English Channel in 1913.
Diesel is known as the inventor of the diesel engine, which uses compression of air in the cylinder for ignition of the fuel in stead of a spark plug, which is used in Nikolaus Otto's combustion engine. On 23 February 1892, Diesel takes out a patent for the engine and on 17 February 1894 his test engine runs for the first time for one minute at the workshop in Augsburg.
He is educated at Munich Polytechnic, where he achieves the highest possible examination marks in the history of the university. Diesel is an ambitious man and works intensely on the development of the diesel engine. His work eats into him both physically and mentally, and in the end Diesel is a sick and bitter man, who feels exploited by others who profit from his invention.
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