Rudolf Dizel

Rudolf Dizel

German inventor famed for fashioning the diesel engine, which made its debut at the 1900 World's Fair. He initially intended for his machine to run on vegetable-derived fuels, with the hope that farmers would be able to grow their own fuel sources.

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Kategoria: Biopaliwa
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