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

[TexasTDI]

LOL....do a Google search on the exact phrase "Inventor of the Gasoline
Engine".  You'll get no less than THREE different names from three different
websites.

Karl Friedrich Benz
http://www.vor.ru/century/1949.html

Nikolaus August Otto
http://ia.essortment.com/nikolausaugust_rcoe.htm

George Seldon
http://www.nexpress.com/dyn/careers/ro030206.jsp


Chris Thornton
1991 Volkswagen Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 236k miles
2000 Volkswagen Golf 1.9TDI (turbo diesel) - 81k miles
Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Miller" <milleraw at comcast.net>
To: "TexasTDI" <TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Rabbit Diesel --is the Diesel a French or a German
invention ???


> I think you are mistaken about the gas engine inventor.  It is
> Otto...the first name escapes me right now.  Otto ended up working
> closely with Benz to produce vehicles.  I will have to dig up the
> History of Science class paper I had to write in college on this topic.
>
> Hence the fact that gas engines run on the Otto cycle.
>
>
> On Friday, Apr 25, 2003, at 02:07 US/Eastern, TexasTDI wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> > Diesel engines use the high heat, caused by compression, to ignite the
> > fuel.
> > Gasoline engines use an electric spark to ignite the fuel.  And steam
> > engines simply use the steam pressure created by boiling water to move
> > the
> > internal parts.
> >
> > Rudolf Diesel was born in Paris in 1858.  But his parents were Bavarian
> > immigrants.  Bavaria is a state in Germany, well known for the city of
> > Munich.  Diesel was a German no matter what country he might have been
> > born
> > in.  So the Diesel engine is a German invention.
> >
> > The gasoline engine is also a German invention.  It's inventor was Karl
> > Friedrich Benz.
> >
> > Chris Thornton