The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

by Douglas Brunt

His engine became the most disruptive technology in history.

Diesel The most disruptive engine in history

The outbreak of brutal calamity only months

War was 9 months away!

Not since Charlamagne in the ninth century had any one leader so ably implemented his vision over the expanse of Europe.

Bismaek was not most powerful figure in Europe since.Charlemagne; Napoleon or Metternich was

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your

Be regular in your life

Seemingly incongruous, the future inventor of the Diesel engine also invented the ice cube.

Diesel invents the ice cube

Diesel’s notebook was turned open on the desktop. The page was empty except where he had penciled the date, September 29, 1913, and below the date he had drawn a cross.

Diesel's diary last day: the ate and a cross