[Vwdiesel] Rabbit Diesel --is the Diesel a French or a German invention ???

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Rudolf Diesel invented it, but Clessie Cummins made the design work right.

First real application looks like German Subs in WW1.

Cummins designed a new injector pump, and put one in a packard in 1929, Then
MB put it in a car in 1936. I guess MB was first to production, but Cummins
drove one first?

In 1931 Cummins put one in a truck and drove it coast to coast for $11.22
worth of fuel.

In 1934 Cummins went into production with the H engine designed for
Transportation.

Who really knows who was first?


http://www.cummins.com/na/pages/en/whoweare/cumminshistory.cfm
In a message dated 4/25/2003 2:21:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com writes:


> Rudolf Diesel invented the Diesel engine.  An engine that was powered by
> burning peanut oil instead of gasoline or being powered by steam.  The
> differences aren't just the types of fuel these engines use.  The very
> design and engineering of these engines are different.