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Its really an “Akroyd stuart/hornsby”not a diesel. They had been sold years before diesel . Diesel just increased the compression (he didn’t invent compression, he increased it) he still used the glow plug for start-up
It should be noted that despite the lack of any mention by Shell, Mr Diesel designed his engine to run on peanut oil, in order that farmers could grow vegetable oil crops to power their own machine. Imagine a world where that actually happened.
Yeah! Imagine a world running on plants being grown on billions of acres of crop land that used to be forests and floodplains….wouldn’t that be awesome????
Question is, how much fuel would it require to cultivate those crops? We have corn based ethanol that consumes even more fuel and fails to make good on its promised offset.
However they omitted the information that Herbert Akroyd Stuart achieved ignition on his prototypes without the Hot Bulb by increasing the compression two years before Diesel. But he did not sell any, waiting until Hornsby took up his patents and sold the first Hornsby Akroyd engines. Having sold his patent Akroyd Stuart took no further part in engine building and ordered all his work to be destroyed on his death. So you can say the first compression engine was not run by Diesel.
yep. I've been running the 7.3 powerstroke since 2000. I doubt a better engine than this has ever been made. Change the oil (I use ONLY Shell Rotella T) like its a religion and its unlikely the internals of this engine will ever give you an issue. I have gone through a coupla water pumps though.
Thank you for preserving these old films . I think it is very important work you're doing for us and future generations. We've come a long way in a short time .
He and Benz that was one of the greatest collaboration between 2 great inventors ever. 1 invented the automobile but needed a better engine that didn't require extremely volatile fuel. The other who invented an engine that ran on high compression rather than a high octane fuel. Running his first diesel on peanut oil. Those 2 make the greatest diesel cars, trucks and industrial machines to this day. Mercedes-Benz with a diesel engine. I see 1950s era diesels still on the road with the original engine in it with no major repairs ever required.
Yes. And look at the technology put into Isuzu today , I just love that Diesel engine noise. I drive a Diesel Ford Ranger 4 x 4 for work here in South Africa. 👍
Rudolf Diesel and Carl Benz developed the first Diesel truck together. Who bought it??????? If you have an European Diesel car, open the hood and look at the Diesel pump, and you might see his name....But you want find his first name, Robert.
Being a film created in 1952, it is still very relevant even though the diesel engines have improved significantly. It took multiple disciplines of scientists, inventors, chemist, mining companies, governments, and engineers to make all these come together that have been serving humanity very well.
This film has many inaccuracies. It completely omits the contributions by George Brayton who made his first ready motor constant pressure cycle engine in 1872. In 1874 Brayton modified his design to run on heavy oil‘s such as kerosene and what we now call diesel fuel. In 1878 the worlds first powered submarine known as the Finian ram conducted sea trials powered by a Brayton engine. In 1887 Brayton switch to the fourth stroke cycle. He developed an engine that used a liquid fuel injection system with a metered fuel pump and a spring loaded injector. This was the first engine that operated on the lean burn principal. In 1892 Brayton patented an air blast injection system that was virtually identical to the one that diesel would use in 1893. Brayton died in 1893 the same year that diesel would file his first patent which he called the constant temperature cycle. After experimenting for several years diesel realized that this cycle would not work because the high compression ratio was not achievable. In 1895 diesel quietly adopted the constant pressure cycle which had been pioneered by Brayton. George Bailey Brayton is the true father of the diesel engine.
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These old films are really well done. Something about b/w that helps to make one concentrate on the subject instead of the surroundings. Thanks for posting these shows. Happy Trails
This was nicely done. However, Rudolph Diesel started using ammonia gas as a means of trying to get his compression ignition engine to work. It did not work with that fuel. Then he tried coal dust and he did get a result with that. Blew the top of his engine off! He knew he was on a winner then! At about this time Ackroyd Stewart patented his Oil Engine. His engine was a low compression type? And, it worked well. This is where much controversy started as to who actually designed the compression ignition cycle, not that it matters. Diesel used oil in his high compression engine and that was when the "diesel" as we refer to today was born. I'm not taking sides here, but both men deserve proper recognition for their valuable contribution to our civilization. I for one applaud their magnificent efforts.
Peter you are the first commenter referring to the experiments with coal in powder, which have taken place in the beginnings. And the explosion of that engine which almost killed Rudolf Diesel. I am aware of these facts. Thanks for knowing history and put your knowledge at service of the community, were we see much commenters revealing great ignorance on this field.
@@franciscotocoemilio9143 Thankyou for your comment. Here in Western Australia, I attained my Trade Certificate as a Diesel Fuel Injection Fitter, a course that ordinarily took 4years to complete. I did it in 2 1/2 yrs. I eventually attained Master Technician status! So, my trade is a very exacting one, and was extremely rewarding, especially when I was told something could not be done. It turned out 99% of the time it could, it was just that someone else was defeated by it. Ackroyd Stewart and Rudolph Diesel were incredibly gifted inventors and they did the " it could not be done (by others) thing" Their stories should be shouted from the rooftops.
Many people nowadays only appreciate something that appease them "now and there" rather than something that's actually helpful in the long term. I still wonder why.
@@donraptor6156 by "true heroes" I meant whoever contributing towards development of society. Like scientist, engineers, law makers, farmers, employees and many more. "shameless jokers" is for entertainment industries.
Fantastic video. Great videos within this video. Imagine how many challenges were overcome every month by these pioneers! Radiators, electric generators, oils, antifreezes, the list goes on. Very informative content.
I spent 8 years working for Deutz here in Atlanta in the late '80s. German company (KHD) traced back to Rudolph Diesel and Nicholas August Otto. I was Warranty Engineer so most of what I did was analyze the ones that people had destroyed through abuse, neglect, misapplication and sometimes, outright sabotage! I could tell one had been run low on oil by the smell. Yes, spun rod bearing. So a day to do the report with pictures and several pages of documentation for the files. And the lawsuits that were filed against us in some cases (we never lost). In 8 years I found FOUR factory defects. BTW there were at least FIVE others including the Chief Engineer/Corporate Legal officer (50 State PE) AND the German head of our service Department who always checked my work! We found crap that would fill a book! To this day I can be driving and smell that burned oil and know ONE of the trucks in front is spinning a rod bearing (it's always the rod bearing that dies first).
That smell, yep, I have had occasion to say, you're not going to continue to drive like that even if you DID get it to start, can't you smell THAT ? The finding is always the same, sludged, run low, failed rotating assembly bearing(s) yessiree.
@@PhilG999 oh, yeah, the noise cold on start up, and later, the noise warm on tip in. Those are the ones that can be saved because the driver says "I just noticed this new sound, is it a bad thing?" Some of them can be carbon, others keep doing it after the carbon cleaning. If we could get the pan out, we would change bearings in chassis on Fords with possibilities left for longevity. I had to do a few. A pickup, an Econoline, and a pinto stang. Those pans weren't too difficult. But the 460's in the F53 motorcoach? That was a snug and low situation, espec for tall people. Short guys are gifted in those applications.
i dont agree that truck in front is spinning a rod bearing ! as long as he keeps it full,it will go thousnads of miles! the piston rings is where that smell is coming from...NOTHING to do with the crankshaft UNLESS he runs out of oil !
connecting rod bearings (which are actually often bushings not roller bearings) NOT the crankshaft bearings, huh? Interesting. We really need to come up with a better engine. I really don't understand why the wankel or some other type of rotary engine has not caught on. there's just way too many moving parts in these piston engines.
yeah I ain't one of them and it pisses me off. I remember a girl in my Great Granddaughter's Kindergarten class where all this cursive writing was up on the blackboard. First day of school. One of the students had written it. This girl was so humble too. I talked with her Mom one day in the grocery store later in the year and she told me that the family had no idea where it came from. I imagine by now that she has a PHD from somewhere (she'd be 18yo now). she only spent 2 years in Elementary school (that went to the 5th grade here in FL). unreal. its noteworthy that the unabomber was a Professor at 22yo wonder WTF happened to that guy, huh? Such a waste of brilliance.
Learned a great deal from this. Thank goodness these films are being saved for future generations. As long as we have to rely on fossil fuels, the diesel has to be number one.
*Exactly and could not have put better, my Mercedes B200CDi AMG Line W246 I have recorded 74.3 MPG - astounding and true, and also a top speed of 143 mph (on German AutoBahn near Munich) not long ago.*
I wish so badly that companies would produce educational films like this to bring up public knowledge. It's odd that we are still using films 80 years old to learn best about technologies in our current world.
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I owned a Volkswagen, diesel Dasher, I believe the year was 1980. Great mileage ran great, but I had a major problem. The timing chain broke and blew the rods through the top of the engine. It was never brought to my attention however they mentioned in the owner's manual naturally I found out afterwards that you have to adjust the timing chain after 60,000 miles. At the time General Motors had a thing where they converted gas 350 engines into Diesel and they had all sorts of problems. When I try to sell the Dasher nobody even wanted to touch it. I ended up buying a Volkswagen Rabbit gas engine, just for transportation. At that time I would put anywhere from the 60 to approximately 100,000 miles per year on my cars. What years later in early 2000s 2002 to be exact I bought it Diesel Pusher high-end motorhome with a cat C 7 engine. Great motorhome fantastic engine never had an ounce of trouble, I was getting anywhere from 7:00 to maybe sometimes 10:00 or 11 miles on a gallon at that time. I drove around the United States and Canada in my motorhome with my dog for approximately 7 and 1/2 years. I really had time to see how great country and Canada. Again just my little dog Felix he was a Maltese may he rest in peace, and myself just the two of us. By the way Felix was my best buddy. When he passed away I cried more for him, than my own twin brother. I am sure all dog lovers will understand my comment. May they both rest in peace. Today's date is August 25th 2022.
German engineering is great. But their engines are sometimes poor quality. My Dad had VW 61 bus and 2 bugs. Engine blew a rod through side of block at 23 k miles 40 hp gutless max 50 mph up hills. Poor gas heaters on all 3. Hold shift lever in reverse or it would jump out of gear. My relative had a passat. Worse car he ever owned. Left him sitting on side of road several times. My old 92 camry has over 460,000 miles. Still has good power. Leaks oil qt to 800 miles. But too old to fix.
My brother owned one of those an Olds. all kindsa issues. yep I still drive the 7.3 powerstroke from 2000. what a great engine. only issue I've had with it was a coupla water pumps. mines the stick too. tell you what this truck has the granny gear and you can NOT believe how strong that gear is compared to today's slush boxes. On occasion I get comments from people that know this configuration. don't make em like this anymore.
This reminds me of what was shown in middle-grade school classrooms back in the 1960s. For those wondering why diesel engines didn't gain traction for the passenger US automotive market? There are several plausible reasons. Let's start off with the cost of manufacturing diesel engines, which are higher than that of gasoline engines, as for its given size, it has to be built beefier than that of gasoline engines; which raises the cost of the vehicle. When repairs are needed with replacement parts, those parts are more expensive than the comparable ones for gasoline engines. Performance-wise, diesels were acceleration slugs when compared to the gasoline engines in passenger vehicles. Case-in-point: I had a 1967 VW Beetle that beat a Mercedes 190D in a street drag race when I was in high school in 1972. The VW Beetles of that era were about the slowest cars on the road for acceleration, and even it could out-accelerate a diesel sedan. I asked my friend that drove the 190D if he was sand-bagging me with throwing the drag race. He told me he wasn't, that he accelerated as hard as the car could go. The diesel fuel was dirty, and finicky, too. Because of the tight tolerances of the injector pump, a large sized fuel filter was needed to keep out contaminants, such as particle debris, water, and algae. Operators of diesel powered vehicles were, at times, required to drain off some diesel fuel to minimize the buildup of water and algae in the fuel tank and filter. When I owned a diesel truck in the 1980s, I used diesel fuel additives that claimed to minimize algae buildup in the fuel. Cold-weather starting of diesel engines were challenging, as there is no "spark" to ignite the fuel when starting; so glow-plugs are used to heat the combustion chambers for cold-weather starts. But, when the glow-plugs fail, starting a diesel could be difficult. The excessive black exhaust generated by diesel engines of earlier eras did not endear the motoring public. It was bad enough dealing with trucks that spewed out the black soot, but for passenger cars to do the same? Yuck! Diesel engines had its place in the vehicle world with commercial trucking; where unless you had the deep pockets, as expected from someone who could afford a Mercedes sedan back in the 1960s, the American automotive market was not going down that path; as the American automotive market in the 1960s was competitive, and gasoline was cheap, so fuel economy was a low priority factor at that time. I'm sure there are other factors why the US automotive industry stayed away from diesels for the passenger and light truck markets; but I feel what I wrote above covers the basics.
Diesel cars became popular in Europe because of the cost of petrol in Europe, compared to US prices and since the arrival of turbos in diesel cars in the 1980s, there is no shortage of power in modern diesel cars, which are considerably cleaner than the old diesels of that era. America has had cheap petrol for so long, it has never had the inclination to build efficient small diesels, which is Europe are down to a litre in capacity.
There are at least a couple of further reasons for the lack of popularity of passenger car diesels in the US. In the late 70s Oldsmobile converted its 350 gas engine into a diesel and GM, despite having the much stronger 350 4 bolt Chevy block to use, put it in cars and pickups in much of its model range. They broke head bolts and cracked heads by the thousands. No one wanted a diesel car for years! (Excepting maybe the 300D Mercedes owners) Then of course more recently Volkswagen stepped all over itself!
@@ron1457 Yeah, well the good old Cummins 12v Turbo Diesel changed everything. I love mine. Picked up a 1990 D250 for $2,400. Put thousands into restoring/upgrading it, but have been informed that I can get well over 20K if I ever wanted to sell it.
yeah the USA are accelerator freaks I notice that at every stop light. they can't wait to race up to the next light where they slam on the breaks and get to do it all over again. However when people ride with me in my F350 7.3 powerstroke with the manual tranny they notice that I seem to stay right with them even though it takes this truck about 20 seconds to get to 60 mph and that's if I'm pushing it. however I can also get to 60 in about 20 seconds pulling a 14k load. that's probably not gonna happen with a gasser. however in Europe almost everyone is driving diesel.
@@erwin643 yep same thing here with my 2000 7.3 powerstroke. not only that I have the manual tranny with that awesome granny gear. yep I'd yank the axles out of these new trucks with this thing. One day a coupla years ago a friend got his truck stuck up to its floorboards in mud. yep did he call his buddy with a slush box with the 6.7? no way he called me! he says do I need to start my truck I told him don't bother I don't even care what gear you have it in... he found out I wasn't lying. the guy with the 6.7 was there and stated if I didn't see that pull I would not have believed it.
I love the "beat" that the old engines made. ITS LIKE modern music came from the beat of the Industrial Age. Those men like Diesel were so smart its hard to grasp. And brave....I wouldn't have stood in that room during test trials....
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Agreed. These documentaries are still important and relevant. And there's still time to reach & teach Millennials Online. I swear we got 5th Graders who don't even know what a Spark Plug is, unless they saw it take somebody's eye out in GTA San Andreas.
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Thank you Rudolf Diesel for the innovation! Thank you EMD for the most reliable locomotive engine! Thank you Detroit Diesel for the miniature EMD engine! Thank you Napier -English Electric- for the Deltic engine that is a work of art! Thank you Caterpillar for the best class 8 truck engines! Thank you Fiat for first direct injection in passenger cars! Thank you Alfa Romeo for the common-rail system! Thank you Deutz-Fahr for the most reliable air-cooled diesels! Thank you Scania and Mack for the best sounding V8!
Napier developed the deltic engine, which in turn was a development of the Jumo opposed piston aircraft diesel engine designed by Junkers, who discovered that one piston in an opposed twin needed to be advanced by 8 degrees on the other. Napier had been building them under licence before WW2.
@@Triplex5014 sorry for the misunderstanding, I wasn't correcting you, just expanding on the information. Napier were in fact owned by EE by the time the deltic engine was developed, so you were correct.
I love these old films. It's like a textbook in moving pictures, no attempt at being highly showy or overproduced, puts the attention span on the audience.
Thanks, love these old documentaries . These days we get into our turbo diesel powered cars, and have no idea what is under the bonnet. My Dad explained to me , 50 years ago the difference between IC, and CI.
Can anyone else hear a guy giving the narrator his lines? It's faint but I can make out the lines word for word and the voice is not quite the same. Oh, and I love this video. One can tell that genuine care were put into these. The animations are really good as well.
Rudolf Diesel would be proud to see the way modern diesels are! BMWs inline 6 diesels are legendary, no issues having more than 450hp with not so much money! Also, original TDIs.
Since this film was made by Shell... there's no mention of his "Mysterious Death" on the way to the World's Fair to showcase the new technology, and possibly strike up new deals and licenses. Also... he was a big proponent of using vegetable oil, over petroleum. Namely Peanut Oil, in which his engine was built around using, very specifically.
No way vegetable oil could be produced in quantities and at prices that can compete with a product that comes up from a hole in the ground and just needs to be boiled to process.
@@deezynar they didn't know that at the time. Gasoline, or highly refined fuel oil had not been perfected yet. Kerosene was the highest refinement level chemical science could "crack" crude oil to at the time. As we now know today, diesel fuel is the next in the refinement process after kerosene. But gasoline still needed further enrichment, and to be processed through an unknown catalyst. Peanuts were not only a bumper crop, but they grew fast and cheap. It only took minimal effort to press and filter them to get oil. As far as steam punk Era times were concerned, that was cheaper, faster and easier than the messy business of wildcating for crude. Which may or may not have been the right type or grade. Keep in mind, everything we know we can use crude oil today, was not known then. Hell, even plastics from crude was not yet a thing.
@@EcoMouseChannel I wrote this in reply to another person who claims that peanut oil can supply the fuel needed by diesel vehicles; it doesn't specifically respond to your comment, but it is related: A farmer gets one crop of peanuts a year. At the best, they can get 123 gallons of oil per acre per year. A tractor trailer gets roughly 8 miles per gallon, so 123 gallons will take one nearly 1000 miles, which a truck can go in a day and a quarter. In a day and a quarter, one truck will burn all the oil produced in a year by one acre of farm land. And one truck will burn the output of about 1900 acres worth of oil in a year. There are 2 million tractor trailer rigs in the U.S. alone. They'd use the oil from 3.8 billion acres each year, and there's only 911 million acres of farm land in the entire U.S. That doesn't include bio-diesel for ships, pickup trucks, or any of the other things diesel is used for. And they "think" they can get the price of a gallon of bio diesel down to $2.50. I will assume that they mean $2.50 to the consumer, but the article I saw wasn't clear about that. It may not include the farmer's profit, the processer's costs and profit, and the distributor's costs and profit. And it certainly doesn't include the cost premium for supply and demand when the cost goes up on the market because the farmers can't supply enough to satisfy demand. The price would skyrocket if peanut oil was the only source of fuel for diesels. Frankly, water is worth more than fuel, and it takes more than 123 gallons of water to get 123 gallons of peanut oil. We don't see bio diesel taking over because it does not make economic sense, or environmental sense, at this time. And it will probably never make any sense, especially since technology for electric vehicles is improving.
Interesting that the producers of this film (Shell oil) don't mention the fuel Diesel intended to use with this engine. Rapeseed was the intended fuel, which would have been very competitive to a young oil industry. Growing crops is much easier and quite well known and established, but drilling and refining was not. Something had to be done. So after Diesel successfully demonstrated his engine at a Paris show, on the way back he was pushed overboard the ship he was returning on. A good and first example of the lengths the oil industry will go to, to protect its interests.
Rudolph designed his engine to run on peanut oil which is very easy to make. He envisioned that farmers could grow and make their own fuel because he intended for his engine to replace the steam engines they used to run threshers and machines around the farm. He never envisioned that the engine could be shrunk down enough to be used for vehicles. Rapeseed oil is a very modern thing (relatively) and canola/OSR was not easy to grow near the end of the 19th century, so no one back then would have considered it as a fuel. But nowadays since rapeseed oil is used for deepfrying we have tons of it, and with very little effort that used oil can be used as fuel in any diesel engine.
Interestingly he also said, 'Good and fine that I invented the diesel engine, but my greatest achievement is that I've solved the social question'. He also wrote a book about this topic which was lost for a long time.
A huge Thank you to Sir Rudolf Diesel that today we are happy with our lives enjoying working with his magnificient creation.. Sincerely, A Truck Driver 😊
Yep, I love me some diesel engines. Mine is the 1999 Ford/International Harvester 7.3L diesel engine. It’s an awesome beast of an engine. Keep On Truckin’
The stuff of Greta Thunberg’s nightmares! I have loved Diesel engines since I was about 4 years old. Too bad they have become overly sanitized these days. I love my little Kubota coal roller mower. Thanks Rudolph!
Very informative things have really progressed I seen a Detroit diesel early film explaining the 2 stroke engine development and application that was interesting too
A real blast from the past! The invention and development of the 2-stroke and 4-stroke compression-ignition engine was and is a great example of industrial progress. The diesel engine has been a great boon to mankind! The advent of marine, stationary, and diesel-driven locomotives and motor vehicles was not a game-changer: It was several enormous game-changers!
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Em dias atuais a capacidade de invenções fica cada vez mais restrita devido a quantidade excessiva de leis e multas que políticos colocam em seu povo. Ótimo documentário 🏆
I like these older films. It's just the facts. Not a team of actors pretending to be someone they aren't, having some fake drama ridden adventure to get us to the end. It's so lame. This is wonderful
Atomic 4 made a diesel outboard years back that this oldie had on his sail. I think this one was a single cylinder 40hp that swung a huge prop. he hardly ever used it. yep old school they don't like using engines at all. he'd sail right up to his mooring with virtually no way on. amazing. this was back in the early 60's I was a teenager those were the days!
To think that new Diesels that we have today like the 6.7L Powerstroke in the Ford Super Duty could put out the kind of horsepower and torque numbers that Rudolf Diesel could have never imagined.
Despite what many believe, diesels haven't changed much fundamentally over the decades. Only since the move to modern emissions standards that shit gets quirky
The diesel engine originally burned peanut oil but the inventor died mysteriously and a ocean trip to England which he fell off the boat You’re absolutely correct he was killed by the person who wanted his patent on a diesel engine. Funny story
Johan Fouche still popular in much more recent times. Take a look at Press Baron Robert Maxwell. Yes father of Ghislaine now wanted for her knowledge of Epstein.
Great Show...Wonder what else could have emerged...but for WW1...Interesting...the glass piston...showing compression and ignition...the two stroke...Rudolph Diesel...you gotta love that name...
electric cars only have about 300 miles travel between recharging. diesel fuel holds far more energy potential per weight/volume of batteries. i like electric cars but diesel engines will be around for many years to come. -especially bio diesel and algae oil diesel technologies that are carbon neutral.
no actually because it has lower CO2 compared to gasoline but its extremely high in some kind of shit that harms the environment and living beings like you and me.
@@Gachaheathunter109 this is false. Diesel is synthetic and has trace amounts of sulfer which is that "extremely high in some kinda shit" which again is false. Sulfer was the agent that is "bad" for us but the enviorment requires it to produce things. If you went and hiffed sulfer youd die. But diesel has less sulfer than a match. Diesel is the future.
They don't know or care that a large percentage of the black exhaust of diesel engines is soot, that is, particulates that merely drift down to the ground and do not stay in the air.
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Its really an “Akroyd stuart/hornsby”not a diesel. They had been sold years before diesel . Diesel just increased the compression (he didn’t invent compression, he increased it) he still used the glow plug for start-up
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It should be noted that despite the lack of any mention by Shell, Mr Diesel designed his engine to run on peanut oil, in order that farmers could grow vegetable oil crops to power their own machine. Imagine a world where that actually happened.
Yup the other shell. The shell of a peanut.
Yeah! Imagine a world running on plants being grown on billions of acres of crop land that used to be forests and floodplains….wouldn’t that be awesome????
Question is, how much fuel would it require to cultivate those crops? We have corn based ethanol that consumes even more fuel and fails to make good on its promised offset.
Take a look at fuel in Brazil.
technically it did. bio diesels exist that run on used peanut oil. just not wide spread but almost any old diesel engine can be converted
Rudolf Diesel has done more good for the world through his engine than he will ever be given credit for. German engineering at its finest.
So good, he got murdered for it. However Priestley invented compression ignition before him, but gets no credit for it unfortunately.
To be more exact, 90% of the transport business have got something to do with Diesel's engine. And here we are more then 100 years later.
Don't talk about the war.
@@stephenandersen4625 Lol. One of the best Faulty Towers episodes, ever. It was so funny.
I was Göring to say that.
These old information films are far superior than the crap produced today,, many thanks
However they omitted the information that Herbert Akroyd Stuart achieved ignition on his prototypes without the Hot Bulb by increasing the compression two years before Diesel. But he did not sell any, waiting until Hornsby took up his patents and sold the first Hornsby Akroyd engines. Having sold his patent Akroyd Stuart took no further part in engine building and ordered all his work to be destroyed on his death. So you can say the first compression engine was not run by Diesel.
Great actors back then too.
I totally disagree. There are some amazing science and technology documentaries being produced these days!
@@LiLi-or2gm Fair comment, i would like to emphasise the "some" in your comment though
@@LiLi-or2gm No Laura . It was there @ 8 mins to 9 mins. You never get facial expressions like that from modern actors now.
Clessie Cummins also deserves a great deal of credit for demonstrating the practicality and efficiency of diesels in motor vehicles
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80 years later I'm still absolutely loving my diesel engine.
yep. I've been running the 7.3 powerstroke since 2000. I doubt a better engine than this has ever been made. Change the oil (I use ONLY Shell Rotella T) like its a religion and its unlikely the internals of this engine will ever give you an issue. I have gone through a coupla water pumps though.
I also love my Dieselengines.👍
Thank you for preserving these old films . I think it is very important work you're doing for us and future generations. We've come a long way in a short time .
I took a hd mechanic course and we still find these old black and whites just as informative today as we did then
He and Benz that was one of the greatest collaboration between 2 great inventors ever.
1 invented the automobile but needed a better engine that didn't require extremely volatile fuel.
The other who invented an engine that ran on high compression rather than a high octane fuel. Running his first diesel on peanut oil.
Those 2 make the greatest diesel cars, trucks and industrial machines to this day.
Mercedes-Benz with a diesel engine.
I see 1950s era diesels still on the road with the original engine in it with no major repairs ever required.
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Thanx! I din know Benz Over was also involved! :P
Yes. And look at the technology put into Isuzu today , I just love that Diesel engine noise. I drive a Diesel Ford Ranger 4 x 4 for work here in South Africa. 👍
My old truck had a Mercedes diesel engine and it was bullet proof! unlike the latest diesels with all the emissions control stuff added
Rudolf Diesel and Carl Benz developed the first Diesel truck together. Who bought it???????
If you have an European Diesel car, open the hood and look at the Diesel pump, and you might see his name....But you want find his first name, Robert.
Long-lives the diesel engine. We love them and they can last forever if taken care of.
destroyng nature for a century, god must be proud of you.
@@The1stHomosapien explain in more detail please?
@@The1stHomosapien actually if these dumb pricks would quit tuning there trucks they’re more efficient and more safe than gasoline engines
@@wyattfollestad8872 i saw a pheasant get hit by a truck yesterday, before my eyes it died. humans can go to hell, sincerly, god.
@@The1stHomosapien alright ill see you there then
Being a film created in 1952, it is still very relevant even though the diesel engines have improved significantly. It took multiple disciplines of scientists, inventors, chemist, mining companies, governments, and engineers to make all these come together that have been serving humanity very well.
You definitely got the last part right!.... "Serving HuManity."
This was a 1/2 truth. They left a lot out.
This film has many inaccuracies. It completely omits the contributions by George Brayton who made his first ready motor constant pressure cycle engine in 1872. In 1874 Brayton modified his design to run on heavy oil‘s such as kerosene and what we now call diesel fuel. In 1878 the worlds first powered submarine known as the Finian ram conducted sea trials powered by a Brayton engine. In 1887 Brayton switch to the fourth stroke cycle. He developed an engine that used a liquid fuel injection system with a metered fuel pump and a spring loaded injector. This was the first engine that operated on the lean burn principal. In 1892 Brayton patented an air blast injection system that was virtually identical to the one that diesel would use in 1893. Brayton died in 1893 the same year that diesel would file his first patent which he called the constant temperature cycle. After experimenting for several years diesel realized that this cycle would not work because the high compression ratio was not achievable. In 1895 diesel quietly adopted the constant pressure cycle which had been pioneered by Brayton. George Bailey Brayton is the true father of the diesel engine.
@@Iflyagrasshopper D iesel
nice info
Much respect to these men who built these wonderful inventions. I am an engineer, I stand on the shoulders of these giants.
Here here.
I really appreciate you guys uploading these old films that's definitely some many people can learn from and appreciate.
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@@PeriscopeFilm Why the crazy timestamp water marks? meaningless and just keeps people from re-uploading copies of this public domain stuff?
Thank you for cleaning the audio, I show this EVERY YEAR in my engines class!
These old films are really well done. Something about b/w that helps to make one concentrate on the subject instead of the surroundings. Thanks for posting these shows. Happy Trails
Absolutely agree. And they are so much more informative without the distraction of a presenter
Periscope film has some awesome stuff. Never a dull program.
These old diesel engines are still running today.
I believe I have seen one of those on Cyprus, attached to some water pump.
@@i.k.562 Not only on Cyprus, but also on rural India and Pakistan.
I've been powering my shop for 18 yrs. with a 4-53 genset that's been going for decades prior.
This was nicely done. However, Rudolph Diesel started using ammonia gas as a means of trying to get his compression ignition engine to work. It did not work with that fuel. Then he tried coal dust and he did get a result with that. Blew the top of his engine off! He knew he was on a winner then!
At about this time Ackroyd Stewart patented his Oil Engine. His engine was a low compression type? And, it worked well. This is where much controversy started as to who actually designed the compression ignition cycle, not that it matters.
Diesel used oil in his high compression engine and that was when the "diesel" as we refer to today was born.
I'm not taking sides here, but both men deserve proper recognition for their valuable contribution to our civilization.
I for one applaud their magnificent efforts.
Thanx for the info Peter.
Which sounds better -
"watch out for that hot bulb coming at you"
"watch out for that Diesel coming at you"
Actually, in the scheme of things I wouldn't like either of them "comming at me" 😎
Peter you are the first commenter referring to the experiments with coal in powder, which have taken place in the beginnings. And the explosion of that engine which almost killed Rudolf Diesel. I am aware of these facts. Thanks for knowing history and put your knowledge at service of the community, were we see much commenters revealing great ignorance on this field.
@@franciscotocoemilio9143
Thankyou for your comment. Here in Western Australia, I attained my Trade Certificate as a Diesel Fuel Injection Fitter, a course that ordinarily took 4years to complete. I did it in 2 1/2 yrs. I eventually attained Master Technician status! So, my trade is a very exacting one, and was extremely rewarding, especially when I was told something could not be done. It turned out 99% of the time it could, it was just that someone else was defeated by it.
Ackroyd Stewart and Rudolph Diesel were incredibly gifted inventors and they did the " it could not be done (by others) thing" Their stories should be shouted from the rooftops.
The era where true heroes or society were praised and respected.
Now, shameless jokers are being praised.
Exactly..
Polluters of the earth!
Who are you referring to
Many people nowadays only appreciate something that appease them "now and there" rather than something that's actually helpful in the long term. I still wonder why.
@@donraptor6156 by "true heroes" I meant whoever contributing towards development of society. Like scientist, engineers, law makers, farmers, employees and many more.
"shameless jokers" is for entertainment industries.
Fantastic video. Great videos within this video. Imagine how many challenges were overcome every month by these pioneers! Radiators, electric generators, oils, antifreezes, the list goes on. Very informative content.
I spent 8 years working for Deutz here in Atlanta in the late '80s. German company (KHD) traced back to Rudolph Diesel and Nicholas August Otto. I was Warranty Engineer so most of what I did was analyze the ones that people had destroyed through abuse, neglect, misapplication and sometimes, outright sabotage! I could tell one had been run low on oil by the smell. Yes, spun rod bearing. So a day to do the report with pictures and several pages of documentation for the files. And the lawsuits that were filed against us in some cases (we never lost).
In 8 years I found FOUR factory defects. BTW there were at least FIVE others including the Chief Engineer/Corporate Legal officer (50 State PE) AND the German head of our service Department who always checked my work! We found crap that would fill a book! To this day I can be driving and smell that burned oil and know ONE of the trucks in front is spinning a rod bearing (it's always the rod bearing that dies first).
That smell, yep, I have had occasion to say, you're not going to continue to drive like that even if you DID get it to start, can't you smell THAT ?
The finding is always the same, sludged, run low, failed rotating assembly bearing(s) yessiree.
@@dannylinc6247 Yep, always takes a rod big end bearing. You'd think they'd hear the rod knocking before it comes out of the block, but NO! 🤣
@@PhilG999 oh, yeah, the noise cold on start up, and later, the noise warm on tip in.
Those are the ones that can be saved because the driver says "I just noticed this new sound, is it a bad thing?"
Some of them can be carbon, others keep doing it after the carbon cleaning.
If we could get the pan out, we would change bearings in chassis on Fords with possibilities left for longevity.
I had to do a few.
A pickup, an Econoline, and a pinto stang.
Those pans weren't too difficult. But the 460's in the F53 motorcoach?
That was a snug and low situation, espec for tall people.
Short guys are gifted in those applications.
i dont agree that truck in front is spinning a rod bearing ! as long as he keeps it full,it will go thousnads of miles! the piston rings is where that smell is coming from...NOTHING to do with the crankshaft UNLESS he runs out of oil !
connecting rod bearings (which are actually often bushings not roller bearings) NOT the crankshaft bearings, huh? Interesting. We really need to come up with a better engine. I really don't understand why the wankel or some other type of rotary engine has not caught on. there's just way too many moving parts in these piston engines.
We take so much for granted today. Millions for brilliant people have made this possible over time. Thank you brilliant people.
yeah I ain't one of them and it pisses me off. I remember a girl in my Great Granddaughter's Kindergarten class where all this cursive writing was up on the blackboard. First day of school. One of the students had written it. This girl was so humble too. I talked with her Mom one day in the grocery store later in the year and she told me that the family had no idea where it came from. I imagine by now that she has a PHD from somewhere (she'd be 18yo now). she only spent 2 years in Elementary school (that went to the 5th grade here in FL). unreal. its noteworthy that the unabomber was a Professor at 22yo wonder WTF happened to that guy, huh? Such a waste of brilliance.
RIP Christian Rudolf Diesel. You're the Best. GBU
Whether operating underwater or driving at 12,000ft where the air is too thin for people to breathe,the diesel is a powerhouse marvel!
I feel a little misty... like watching an automotive enthusiast version of a love story. 💕😊
Those old Durangos were cool as hell.
You gotta love this stuff. The diesel engine. What an incredible moment in history.
Would you like some attention, you poor thing you?
Im a Diesel technician, thanks Rudolf.
Learned a great deal from this. Thank goodness these films are being saved for future generations. As long as we have to rely on fossil fuels, the diesel has to be number one.
*Exactly and could not have put better, my Mercedes B200CDi AMG Line W246 I have recorded 74.3 MPG - astounding and true, and also a top speed of 143 mph (on German AutoBahn near Munich) not long ago.*
i learn more from these old videos that a automotive class in school.
This is better than a modern movie that won an academy award
I wish so badly that companies would produce educational films like this to bring up public knowledge. It's odd that we are still using films 80 years old to learn best about technologies in our current world.
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Bruh, you need to watch the Discovery and History channels, lol.
Nowadays media on produce videos that keep people dumb. No education allowed.
I guess you never have been to technical engineering sites?
I owned a Volkswagen, diesel Dasher, I believe the year was 1980. Great mileage ran great, but I had a major problem. The timing chain broke and blew the rods through the top of the engine. It was never brought to my attention however they mentioned in the owner's manual naturally I found out afterwards that you have to adjust the timing chain after 60,000 miles. At the time General Motors had a thing where they converted gas 350 engines into Diesel and they had all sorts of problems. When I try to sell the Dasher nobody even wanted to touch it. I ended up buying a Volkswagen Rabbit gas engine, just for transportation. At that time I would put anywhere from the 60 to approximately 100,000 miles per year on my cars. What years later in early 2000s 2002 to be exact I bought it Diesel Pusher high-end motorhome with a cat C 7 engine. Great motorhome fantastic engine never had an ounce of trouble, I was getting anywhere from 7:00 to maybe sometimes 10:00 or 11 miles on a gallon at that time. I drove around the United States and Canada in my motorhome with my dog for approximately 7 and 1/2 years. I really had time to see how great country and Canada. Again just my little dog Felix he was a Maltese may he rest in peace, and myself just the two of us. By the way Felix was my best buddy. When he passed away I cried more for him, than my own twin brother. I am sure all dog lovers will understand my comment. May they both rest in peace. Today's date is August 25th 2022.
nice story bro,remember blowing up one of those 350's to in a caddie to get warranty
German engineering is great. But their engines are sometimes poor quality. My Dad had VW 61 bus and 2 bugs. Engine blew a rod through side of block at 23 k miles 40 hp gutless max 50 mph up hills. Poor gas heaters on all 3. Hold shift lever in reverse or it would jump out of gear. My relative had a passat. Worse car he ever owned. Left him sitting on side of road several times. My old 92 camry has over 460,000 miles. Still has good power. Leaks oil qt to 800 miles. But too old to fix.
My brother owned one of those an Olds. all kindsa issues. yep I still drive the 7.3 powerstroke from 2000. what a great engine. only issue I've had with it was a coupla water pumps. mines the stick too. tell you what this truck has the granny gear and you can NOT believe how strong that gear is compared to today's slush boxes. On occasion I get comments from people that know this configuration. don't make em like this anymore.
This reminds me of what was shown in middle-grade school classrooms back in the 1960s.
For those wondering why diesel engines didn't gain traction for the passenger US automotive market? There are several plausible reasons. Let's start off with the cost of manufacturing diesel engines, which are higher than that of gasoline engines, as for its given size, it has to be built beefier than that of gasoline engines; which raises the cost of the vehicle. When repairs are needed with replacement parts, those parts are more expensive than the comparable ones for gasoline engines.
Performance-wise, diesels were acceleration slugs when compared to the gasoline engines in passenger vehicles. Case-in-point: I had a 1967 VW Beetle that beat a Mercedes 190D in a street drag race when I was in high school in 1972. The VW Beetles of that era were about the slowest cars on the road for acceleration, and even it could out-accelerate a diesel sedan. I asked my friend that drove the 190D if he was sand-bagging me with throwing the drag race. He told me he wasn't, that he accelerated as hard as the car could go.
The diesel fuel was dirty, and finicky, too. Because of the tight tolerances of the injector pump, a large sized fuel filter was needed to keep out contaminants, such as particle debris, water, and algae. Operators of diesel powered vehicles were, at times, required to drain off some diesel fuel to minimize the buildup of water and algae in the fuel tank and filter. When I owned a diesel truck in the 1980s, I used diesel fuel additives that claimed to minimize algae buildup in the fuel.
Cold-weather starting of diesel engines were challenging, as there is no "spark" to ignite the fuel when starting; so glow-plugs are used to heat the combustion chambers for cold-weather starts. But, when the glow-plugs fail, starting a diesel could be difficult.
The excessive black exhaust generated by diesel engines of earlier eras did not endear the motoring public. It was bad enough dealing with trucks that spewed out the black soot, but for passenger cars to do the same? Yuck!
Diesel engines had its place in the vehicle world with commercial trucking; where unless you had the deep pockets, as expected from someone who could afford a Mercedes sedan back in the 1960s, the American automotive market was not going down that path; as the American automotive market in the 1960s was competitive, and gasoline was cheap, so fuel economy was a low priority factor at that time.
I'm sure there are other factors why the US automotive industry stayed away from diesels for the passenger and light truck markets; but I feel what I wrote above covers the basics.
Diesel cars became popular in Europe because of the cost of petrol in Europe, compared to US prices and since the arrival of turbos in diesel cars in the 1980s, there is no shortage of power in modern diesel cars, which are considerably cleaner than the old diesels of that era. America has had cheap petrol for so long, it has never had the inclination to build efficient small diesels, which is Europe are down to a litre in capacity.
There are at least a couple of further reasons for the lack of popularity of passenger car diesels in the US. In the late 70s Oldsmobile converted its 350 gas engine into a diesel and GM, despite having the much stronger 350 4 bolt Chevy block to use, put it in cars and pickups in much of its model range. They broke head bolts and cracked heads by the thousands. No one wanted a diesel car for years! (Excepting maybe the 300D Mercedes owners)
Then of course more recently Volkswagen stepped all over itself!
@@ron1457 Yeah, well the good old Cummins 12v Turbo Diesel changed everything. I love mine. Picked up a 1990 D250 for $2,400. Put thousands into restoring/upgrading it, but have been informed that I can get well over 20K if I ever wanted to sell it.
yeah the USA are accelerator freaks I notice that at every stop light. they can't wait to race up to the next light where they slam on the breaks and get to do it all over again. However when people ride with me in my F350 7.3 powerstroke with the manual tranny they notice that I seem to stay right with them even though it takes this truck about 20 seconds to get to 60 mph and that's if I'm pushing it. however I can also get to 60 in about 20 seconds pulling a 14k load. that's probably not gonna happen with a gasser. however in Europe almost everyone is driving diesel.
@@erwin643 yep same thing here with my 2000 7.3 powerstroke. not only that I have the manual tranny with that awesome granny gear. yep I'd yank the axles out of these new trucks with this thing. One day a coupla years ago a friend got his truck stuck up to its floorboards in mud. yep did he call his buddy with a slush box with the 6.7? no way he called me! he says do I need to start my truck I told him don't bother I don't even care what gear you have it in... he found out I wasn't lying. the guy with the 6.7 was there and stated if I didn't see that pull I would not have believed it.
Very interesting movie. Already over 60 years old, but the Diesel Engine still is young: It's not the end of her story!
I love the "beat" that the old engines made. ITS LIKE modern music came from the beat of the Industrial Age. Those men like Diesel were so smart its hard to grasp. And brave....I wouldn't have stood in that room during test trials....
Vin Diesel?
@@normand5847 Haha! Diesel Dyke? Oops! Sorry Me2gens, but I had to go there.
And exposed belts on the flywheels
I like it. My dad was born in 1907, .... before diesel engines were used. I had a diesel p.u. truck recently - one of the best vehicles I've owned.
I like the way he pronounces "power"... He sounds satisfied in awe.
Thanks so much for your channel. I love these old documentaries showing stuff getting built and the how's and whys' it works.
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Agreed. These documentaries are still important and relevant. And there's still time to reach & teach Millennials Online. I swear we got 5th Graders who don't even know what a Spark Plug is, unless they saw it take somebody's eye out in GTA San Andreas.
@@designertjp-utube HaHaa! So true. But they do know they are "woke", gender-fluid, and perpetually offended by something - anything!
I love those old movies. They explain everithing so easy, with such a nice english language, without contemporary slang
I learn way more from these videos, and other UA-camrs than I ever have, or ever would in a modern classroom.
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as a lover of diesel engines
this was a magical experience to see the birth of my favourite kind of power
Videos are pure gold. We need this for our upcoming youths.
Thank you Rudolf Diesel for the innovation!
Thank you EMD for the most reliable locomotive engine!
Thank you Detroit Diesel for the miniature EMD engine!
Thank you Napier -English Electric- for the Deltic engine that is a work of art!
Thank you Caterpillar for the best class 8 truck engines!
Thank you Fiat for first direct injection in passenger cars!
Thank you Alfa Romeo for the common-rail system!
Thank you Deutz-Fahr for the most reliable air-cooled diesels!
Thank you Scania and Mack for the best sounding V8!
Napier developed the deltic engine, which in turn was a development of the Jumo opposed piston aircraft diesel engine designed by Junkers, who discovered that one piston in an opposed twin needed to be advanced by 8 degrees on the other. Napier had been building them under licence before WW2.
@@TIMMEH19991 Oops! My mistake. Most British diesel locomotives are from English Electric. Napier indeed developed and produced the Deltic engine.
@@Triplex5014 sorry for the misunderstanding, I wasn't correcting you, just expanding on the information. Napier were in fact owned by EE by the time the deltic engine was developed, so you were correct.
Triplex5014 and VW killed diesel with lies😭
For me the Detroit 2-Stroke till this day, is the best sounding diesel engine, in all its configurations.
I love these old films. It's like a textbook in moving pictures, no attempt at being highly showy or overproduced, puts the attention span on the audience.
Wow, it's hard to believe how much these men innovated.
Back when men WERE MEN
Many Thanks to this Great Story. What a great Man! Rudolf Diesel.🙏
Thanks, love these old documentaries . These days we get into our turbo diesel powered cars, and have no idea what is under the bonnet.
My Dad explained to me , 50 years ago the difference between IC, and CI.
What is ic and ci ?
@@billygreenhorn9275 Internal combustion and compression ignition.
Early Dad's were So Simple as Effective
Like a Diesel Engine.
I read a comment it says that,
"80mph isn't enough for me"
Who needs of DIE faster.?
Can anyone else hear a guy giving the narrator his lines? It's faint but I can make out the lines word for word and the voice is not quite the same.
Oh, and I love this video. One can tell that genuine care were put into these. The animations are really good as well.
Rudolf Diesel would be proud to see the way modern diesels are! BMWs inline 6 diesels are legendary, no issues having more than 450hp with not so much money! Also, original TDIs.
Hmmmm... not sure of BMW, but he would be like a proud dad with fords F series 6.7 v8 diesel....
These old films were fantastic achievement and much better than today's, clear and precise information.
These BW series are well thought out and informative.
Very fine video, thank you.
Since this film was made by Shell... there's no mention of his "Mysterious Death" on the way to the World's Fair to showcase the new technology, and possibly strike up new deals and licenses. Also... he was a big proponent of using vegetable oil, over petroleum. Namely Peanut Oil, in which his engine was built around using, very specifically.
Source of the information please?
@@bythedog Just google "Rudolf Diesel Murdered" it's not that hard.
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/inventor-rudolf-diesel-vanishes
No way vegetable oil could be produced in quantities and at prices that can compete with a product that comes up from a hole in the ground and just needs to be boiled to process.
@@deezynar they didn't know that at the time. Gasoline, or highly refined fuel oil had not been perfected yet. Kerosene was the highest refinement level chemical science could "crack" crude oil to at the time. As we now know today, diesel fuel is the next in the refinement process after kerosene. But gasoline still needed further enrichment, and to be processed through an unknown catalyst.
Peanuts were not only a bumper crop, but they grew fast and cheap. It only took minimal effort to press and filter them to get oil. As far as steam punk Era times were concerned, that was cheaper, faster and easier than the messy business of wildcating for crude. Which may or may not have been the right type or grade. Keep in mind, everything we know we can use crude oil today, was not known then. Hell, even plastics from crude was not yet a thing.
@@EcoMouseChannel I wrote this in reply to another person who claims that peanut oil can supply the fuel needed by diesel vehicles; it doesn't specifically respond to your comment, but it is related: A farmer gets one crop of peanuts a year. At the best, they can get 123 gallons of oil per acre per year. A tractor trailer gets roughly 8 miles per gallon, so 123 gallons will take one nearly 1000 miles, which a truck can go in a day and a quarter. In a day and a quarter, one truck will burn all the oil produced in a year by one acre of farm land. And one truck will burn the output of about 1900 acres worth of oil in a year. There are 2 million tractor trailer rigs in the U.S. alone. They'd use the oil from 3.8 billion acres each year, and there's only 911 million acres of farm land in the entire U.S. That doesn't include bio-diesel for ships, pickup trucks, or any of the other things diesel is used for. And they "think" they can get the price of a gallon of bio diesel down to $2.50. I will assume that they mean $2.50 to the consumer, but the article I saw wasn't clear about that. It may not include the farmer's profit, the processer's costs and profit, and the distributor's costs and profit. And it certainly doesn't include the cost premium for supply and demand when the cost goes up on the market because the farmers can't supply enough to satisfy demand. The price would skyrocket if peanut oil was the only source of fuel for diesels. Frankly, water is worth more than fuel, and it takes more than 123 gallons of water to get 123 gallons of peanut oil. We don't see bio diesel taking over because it does not make economic sense, or environmental sense, at this time. And it will probably never make any sense, especially since technology for electric vehicles is improving.
I own a BMW 328D and I love it. I just finished a trip from LA to San Francisco and despite going 80 on interstate 5 I averaged almost 50 MPG.
Interesting that the producers of this film (Shell oil) don't mention the fuel Diesel intended to use with this engine. Rapeseed was the intended fuel, which would have been very competitive to a young oil industry. Growing crops is much easier and quite well known and established, but drilling and refining was not. Something had to be done. So after Diesel successfully demonstrated his engine at a Paris show, on the way back he was pushed overboard the ship he was returning on. A good and first example of the lengths the oil industry will go to, to protect its interests.
Rudolph designed his engine to run on peanut oil which is very easy to make. He envisioned that farmers could grow and make their own fuel because he intended for his engine to replace the steam engines they used to run threshers and machines around the farm. He never envisioned that the engine could be shrunk down enough to be used for vehicles. Rapeseed oil is a very modern thing (relatively) and canola/OSR was not easy to grow near the end of the 19th century, so no one back then would have considered it as a fuel. But nowadays since rapeseed oil is used for deepfrying we have tons of it, and with very little effort that used oil can be used as fuel in any diesel engine.
@@thesteelrodent1796 I stand corrected. Peanut oil.
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Interestingly he also said, 'Good and fine that I invented the diesel engine, but my greatest achievement is that I've solved the social question'. He also wrote a book about this topic which was lost for a long time.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this..
The coverage was informative and concise.
A huge Thank you to Sir Rudolf Diesel that today we are happy with our lives enjoying working with his magnificient creation..
Sincerely, A Truck Driver 😊
Amazing ! ! ! 👏 👏
I love Mechanical Engineering Science.
The added explosions are pretty cool too.
Yep, I love me some diesel engines.
Mine is the 1999 Ford/International Harvester 7.3L diesel engine.
It’s an awesome beast of an engine.
Keep On Truckin’
The stuff of Greta Thunberg’s nightmares! I have loved Diesel engines since I was about 4 years old. Too bad they have become overly sanitized these days. I love my little Kubota coal roller mower. Thanks Rudolph!
what about the price -
IC engines now are only useful in transportation sector; far superior induction motors have almost replaced them in industrial sector.
mine ain't sanitized. I drive the 2000 7.3 powerstroke. one helluva an engine. I have the stick too. people that know about this combo they drool.
I love my diesel. Thank you for the educational video.
Very enjoyable cheers from Australia
This is really a good film, informative yet compact, and interesting!
Very informative things have really progressed I seen a Detroit diesel early film explaining the 2 stroke engine development and application that was interesting too
17:11 coming down a ladder like a G 😎
I had to watch that move over again. Stellar move .
@@dougabbott8261 So did I haha
To think I was discouraged from sliding down the banister. Career opportunity gone.
Incident report in the making 😂
Safety third.
A real blast from the past! The invention and development of the 2-stroke and 4-stroke compression-ignition engine was and is a great example of industrial progress. The diesel engine has been a great boon to mankind! The advent of marine, stationary, and diesel-driven locomotives and motor vehicles was not a game-changer: It was several enormous game-changers!
Great artifact, thanks for uploading 👍
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Really good film and given the era it was developed makes it that much more impressive.
Em dias atuais a capacidade de invenções fica cada vez mais restrita devido a quantidade excessiva de leis e multas que políticos colocam em seu povo. Ótimo documentário 🏆
I couldn't agree with you more.. 👍
I like these older films. It's just the facts. Not a team of actors pretending to be someone they aren't, having some fake drama ridden adventure to get us to the end. It's so lame.
This is wonderful
That old movie I learned some stuff I found it to be very interested thanks for saving it and showing it thank you 👍🇺🇸
Top movie, to understand the principal of the modern Diesel engine. Thank you very much.
Had a one cylinder lister in my sailboat. Hand crank with a compression let off. Killer mileage, couldn´t kill it. Good times.
I would love to find one.
@@markusgarvey It was a Volvo Penta MD1, I believe. Best of luck. I never seen one thence or hence.
Atomic 4 made a diesel outboard years back that this oldie had on his sail. I think this one was a single cylinder 40hp that swung a huge prop. he hardly ever used it. yep old school they don't like using engines at all. he'd sail right up to his mooring with virtually no way on. amazing. this was back in the early 60's I was a teenager those were the days!
Excellent video - thanks!
To think that new Diesels that we have today like the 6.7L Powerstroke in the Ford Super Duty could put out the kind of horsepower and torque numbers that Rudolf Diesel could have never imagined.
to think diesel engines wouldn't be around without the old one being developed first
@@jessewilkins8415 That’s very true.
that engine is all choked up with new emissions. too bad its in a POS body, huh? can't even get a manual tranny with it. unreal.
I've got 2 diesel vehicles... I love the power of them.
I 1st saw this at 1983 in college. All part of my MBA Ag Business degree brings back how easy things got absorbed into my brain. Unreal.
A very good demonstration of compression ignition
Despite what many believe, diesels haven't changed much fundamentally over the decades. Only since the move to modern emissions standards that shit gets quirky
a very enjoyable video. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
The diesel engine originally burned peanut oil but the inventor died mysteriously and a ocean trip to England which he fell off the boat
You’re absolutely correct he was killed by the person who wanted his patent on a diesel engine. Funny story
Probably Hilary Clinton ' s great grandmother
Karl Krupp of the Krupp Steel had him removed
Peanut allergy?
Didn't have vaccinations back then to cause the allergy.
Johan Fouche still popular in much more recent times. Take a look at Press Baron Robert Maxwell. Yes father of Ghislaine now wanted for her knowledge of Epstein.
Great Show...Wonder what else could have emerged...but for WW1...Interesting...the glass piston...showing compression and ignition...the two stroke...Rudolph Diesel...you gotta love that name...
They left out the fact that the engine was developed to run on peanut oil.
Was going to comment the same thing.
And first compression ignition engine ran on fine coal dust ....
Because it is Shell oil trying to take credit.
A shell oil company documentary didn't mention that? I'm shocked
Diesels will run on anything that ignites permitting the engine is tuned properly.
The most efficient and most versatile of all heat engines...And it still is.
10:23 - The first runaway diesel engine?
😂😂That backfire
@@chanakyasinha8046 more likely durability. Can't handle higher/stronger expansion due to combustion.
Because of the Bad material...and than blow fire
@@ilhamap8752 and than?
Great presentation.
16:46 a New York Central passenger train, two E8 locomotives leading a passenger train. Note the budd combine car and coaches behind it.
Who thumbs down this great informative video..
Snow flakes in my opinion
In the end why no thank you to Rudolph Diesel. You did thank others including modern engineers
Indeed Diesel Deserves Respect..
Kause hes a kraut
Diesel got screwed, he made very little from his theories and invention. He needed a good patent attorney .
Post WW2 era, we won so therefore we take credit for everything
@@keithrogers589 Rudolf Diesel was a french, his family was of German origin and emigrated to France in the middle of XIX century..
Very interesting - thanks for sharing
electric cars will never beat diesel engines. *NEVER*
electric cars only have about 300 miles travel between recharging. diesel fuel holds far more energy potential per weight/volume of batteries. i like electric cars but diesel engines will be around for many years to come. -especially bio diesel and algae oil diesel technologies that are carbon neutral.
Mr Sunshines Nice try, but what do you think generates the electricity for the electric motors on trains? It ain’t a battery...
@Mr Sunshines which is powered by a battery, which is charged by an alternator which is driven by a Diesel engine. Right so.
@Mr Sunshines which is powered by a battery, which is charged by an alternator which is driven by a Diesel engine. Right so.
@Jonas Pell Turtles will always beat rabbits in the ocean; it's their home turf.
Rudolf Diesel was an german enginier, one of us. I am enjoyed of for this hero.
10:17 engine goes BANG. 10:18 German dude standing next to engine: "JESUS!" Pretty much the same reaction as today.
Great presentation!
Thank you Rudolf Diesel i Love you thank you for the TDI and all german diesel Engines
8:18 - [ German ] " Los! Riemen eindrücken! " -> [ English ] " Go! Push the belt in! "
11:38 We really are still just the same. Bunch of guys standing around looking at it run. I love it
Great film and NO COMPUTER voice to screw up the words!
Diesel is the future, its the cleanest fuel.
no actually because it has lower CO2 compared to gasoline but its extremely high in some kind of shit that harms the environment and living beings like you and me.
@@Gachaheathunter109 this is false. Diesel is synthetic and has trace amounts of sulfer which is that "extremely high in some kinda shit" which again is false. Sulfer was the agent that is "bad" for us but the enviorment requires it to produce things. If you went and hiffed sulfer youd die. But diesel has less sulfer than a match. Diesel is the future.
Great film, really enjoyed it. Nice antidote to all the criticism of diesel engines by airheads and tree-huggers in the environmental lobby.
They don't know or care that a large percentage of the black exhaust of diesel engines is soot, that is, particulates that merely drift down to the ground and do not stay in the air.