I just got done reading this, part how done it, part technical paper , 100% interesting.
The back story for you, Rudolph Diesel, against the odds graduate of technical collage as an "engineer " our machinist, got a Doctor our engineer, wanted to change the world, in a good way, invented the Diesel engine
After the licensing to build his engine all over the world, the threat of WW1 looms every nation wanted the Diesel for their wartime use, and while crossing the English channel, Dr Diesel simply disperses off the ship. Gone. Did the Kaiser have hime killed? Rockefeller (standard oil) have him killed? His engine ran nut oil just fine. The British government disappeared him, Because he "defected " or did he commit suicide?
What do you say INGO?
A link to a few of the chapters
As a post scrip, I have long know of,the story, I believe the British "got him" and in my world Dr Diesel is among the greats I admire
The back story for you, Rudolph Diesel, against the odds graduate of technical collage as an "engineer " our machinist, got a Doctor our engineer, wanted to change the world, in a good way, invented the Diesel engine
After the licensing to build his engine all over the world, the threat of WW1 looms every nation wanted the Diesel for their wartime use, and while crossing the English channel, Dr Diesel simply disperses off the ship. Gone. Did the Kaiser have hime killed? Rockefeller (standard oil) have him killed? His engine ran nut oil just fine. The British government disappeared him, Because he "defected " or did he commit suicide?
What do you say INGO?
A link to a few of the chapters
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
This instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance on the eve of World War I.September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium...
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As a post scrip, I have long know of,the story, I believe the British "got him" and in my world Dr Diesel is among the greats I admire