The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel Quotes

“Our goal should not be to better the future happiness of men through intolerance and externals. Rather we should help our brothers on this earth, improve the situation of mankind, and redress poverty to the best of our ability. This seems to me better understood religion than that which neglects the earthly in favor of an unknown future. Jesus taught neither Protestantism, Catholicism, nor churchgoing and preaching. He taught love of mankind.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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

“Rudolf had advocated for his engine to be run on coal tar, vegetable or nut oils. And though the Diesel engine could also run on petrol-Diesel, Carels had proved that it could run on the cheapest crude oil from Mexico or other regions.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“Rockefeller’s success required the world to be addicted to crude oil.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“The military manners and bearing permeate the people, so that even the civilian learnt to click his heels together and bow with the requisite stiffness.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“The process of refining crude oil to make valuable kerosene also produced the by-product gasoline, which was considered a worthless liquid to be discarded”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“Churchill also deserves credit for pioneering the battle tank in World War I. When the British army failed to take up design plans for the project, Churchill overstepped the bounds of the navy to form the Landship Committee in February 1915 to develop an armored vehicle for the war. Engineers worked in secret. In typical English fashion, even men providing security for the plant didn’t know what the project was and were told that the materials arriving were for the construction of water tanks. “Tank” became a code name for the operation, then was adopted as the name of the armored vehicle itself. Churchill, always convinced of the superiority of Diesel motors, tasked Mirrlees with developing a Diesel for the battle tank, though none was completed until after the war.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“Houn’ Dog” cocktails (bourbon, ginger, lemon, peach, and mint) were the signature drink to start the evening at the Engineers’ Club of St. Louis. Busch spared no expense for the banquet in honor of his friend’s visit. Mushrooms sous cloche followed by broiled squab guinea hens au cresson provided a”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“When Ludwig Nobel died in April 1888, French newspapers incorrectly reported the death of Alfred, who was in fact alive and well. Alfred then read his own obituary, which was a scathing critique of his life and work. The obituary named Alfred a “merchant of death” and declared that his invention, dynamite, “killed more people faster than ever before.” Alfred was so disturbed at this potential posthumous reputation that he later changed his last will and testament to bequeath his entire fortune to a new foundation that would award a series of prizes to “those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“But the prevailing and indelible lesson, learned through traumatic personal experience, was his understanding of the family’s security. War and industrial innovation could destroy the life a family had made for itself.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“WINSTON CHURCHILL ADVISED, “In wartime truth is so precious that she must always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“Automobiles were initially thought to be noxious, noisy, and so slow that onlookers were prompted to yell, "Get a horse!" In May 1899, Jacob German, a New York City taxi driver received the first ever speeding violation in America for traveling twelve miles per hour in a eight mile per hour zone. He was pulled over by a police man on a bicycle.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

“Rudolf relayed that the average improvements over prior engines were an operational range that was four times greater, a reduction in fuel weight of 80 percent, and a reduction in the engine crew of 75 percent.”
― Douglas Brunt, The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I