Rover and Diesel's death Rudolf Diesel was born in Paris on March the 18th in 1858. His parents were Germans living in Paris where his father had a leather factory. He studied mechanical engineering in Munich and set up a laboratory in Paris in 1885. At Augsburg, on August 10, 1893, Diesel's first model, a single 10-foot iron cylinder with a flywheel at its base, ran on its own power for the first time. The Diesel engine was born. By 1898 he had become a millionaire from the franchise fees. On the 29th of September 1913 he shipped on the "SS Dresden" for a short trip to the Rover factories in England. Rover was interested in the Diesel engine and had arranged a meeting. However Rudolf Diesel never showed up and Mr. Noble who was ordered to pick up dr. Diesel in his 12 hp Rover waited and waited..... The body of Rudolf Diesel was found a couple of days later by a coast guard boat. As it was usual at that time, the seamen only took his pasport and other papers and threw the body back into the sea. As a result Rover had to wait for a while before it finally got its Diesel engine. Well sorry for Rudolf, but it certainly delayed Rover in using this rough running unelegant design, let's be honest the Diesel's only virtue is its thermal efficiency! (Or am I rude and biased?) To: dtlc@helios.net, 80scool@yahoogroups.com Copies to: Offroad@offroadlist.com Priority: normal From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" Date sent: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 23:04:45 +0100 Send reply to: 80scool@yahoogroups.com Subject: [80] Rudolf Diesel killed by the Brittish! A detail in diesel history I never read before....;)) (I knew it was claimed he committed suicide, but a) also that this suicide was never proved, and/because b) his body was never found (the text suggests that this is at least half true, but I never read it this way (more as if he vanished without a trace)) >From http://members.tripod.com/~RoverSD_1/vmdiesel.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rover and Diesel's death Rudolf Diesel was born in Paris on March the 18th in 1858. His parents were Germans living in Paris where his father had a leather factory. He studied mechanical engineering in Munich and set up a laboratory in Paris in 1885. At Augsburg, on August 10, 1893, Diesel's first model, a single 10-foot iron cylinder with a flywheel at its base, ran on its own power for the first time. The Diesel engine was born. By 1898 he had become a millionaire from the franchise fees. On the 29th of September 1913 he shipped on the "SS Dresden" for a short trip to the Rover factories in England. Rover was interested in the Diesel engine and had arranged a meeting. However Rudolf Diesel never showed up and Mr. Noble who was ordered to pick up dr. Diesel in his 12 hp Rover waited and waited..... The body of Rudolf Diesel was found a couple of days later by a coast guard boat. As it was usual at that time, the seamen only took his pasport and other papers and threw the body back into the sea. As a result Rover had to wait for a while before it finally got its Diesel engine. Well sorry for Rudolf, but it certainly delayed Rover in using this rough running unelegant design, let's be honest the Diesel's only virtue is its thermal efficiency! (Or am I rude and biased?) -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] To: <80scool@yahoogroups.com> From: "benjamin kaarle diem" Date sent: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:03:43 -0700 Send reply to: 80scool@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [80] Rudolf Diesel killed by the Brittish![chat] I did a good bit of research on this subject a while back and there is substantial evidence that Rudolph Diesel was murdered. The implications of his engine that ran, and runs on a crudely refined carbon based oil has even greater relevance today, evidence by the United States foreign policy, and current unrest in the Middle East. Take a quick look at the following page. http://www.biodiesel.com/... Briefly it outlines an alternative fuel (biodiesel) manufactured from 100% vegetable oil. Imagine the oil industry, taking a hit like this. Imagine the implications to any economy/environment. http://www.howstuffworks.com/diesel1.htm... this website, and numerous others, explain how and why diesel engines are more efficient, and produce more power than gasoline engines. The diesel was patented in Germany in 1893, 15 years after the gasoline engine had been developed, and to a certain extent widely implemented. Aside form the "green" reasoning (who would have cared in the 1800's?), proponents of the assassination theory point out that shortly after Diesel's death, a diesel-powered German submarine fleet became the scourge of the seas. Diesel had been friendly to France, Britain and the United States. Briefly. benjamin kaarle diem dallas, TX diem@bulthapdallas.com To: dtlc@helios.net Copies to: 80scool@yahoogroups.com, Offroad@offroadlist.com Priority: normal From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" Date sent: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 01:30:44 +0100 Send reply to: 80scool@yahoogroups.com Subject: [80] Addendum Rudolf Diesel Btw, the original text in German can be read better on: http://woell-michael.de/allg26.htm (but that one can't be found on Google, hence no easy translation, but perhaps it's a better source for placing it at other translation-bots) -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!]