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

[Andrew Miller]

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 From a few paragraphs down on the second link:

"Karl Benz built his fist three-wheel automobile employing Otto’s
engine. "

And George Seldon patented a gas engine..[not the gas engine].  He
apparently worked with Ford.

http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsseldona.htm


On Saturday, Apr 26, 2003, at 11:21 US/Eastern, TexasTDI wrote:

> 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
> http://www.amsoil.com
> http://texastdi.com/6/ubb.x
>
> ----- 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
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