The sun., 1913-10-26
DIESEL'S OIL ENGINE
WONDER OF CENTURY
Inventor Who Recently Died
M,>tcriOu>ly Worked on
II Fifteen Years.
EECOGNIZED As MARVEL
Price of Fuel Cut to Almost
No,hing-War>hip> Now
Adopting Machine.
RECOGNIZED AS MARVEL

v.ntor of the Dlsel oil engine who dis
appeared while' crossing the English
channel. has been recovered. the mystery
surrounding his death has mot been
cleared.
statements have been printed regarding
n alleged financial ,mharra SSmeni. hut
't.> has been denied both bN his business
,>sociatcs and by his family. It has been
pointed out that Or. Diesel had ALREADY
..tp,d "A large torture from his wonder
fuI invention and had retired from the
active management of his company. The
initial trials and di'i rulties which at first
pursued Or Diesel and which are common
20 the experience Of most inventors haA
long been surnounted. MI those who i'm
tn. early days had declared his inventions
90 he impracticablr had Hcknow lodged
ih.ir utility and were ready to make use
.f them His patent rights regarding the
DIESEL oil engine were sold for huge sums
IN various countries and having umissrd
= fortune Of s2.50O.oOo in few wears he
retired from active business negotiations
The years following his retirement h.
divided between travel and study at.
tendance at meetings Of directors Of the
companies exploiting his Inventions being
his sole link with tho world of engineering
nd industry. Honored in the world a,
science and invention. he encountered in
-. lass ycais of his life. 50 far as the
l"pwledge of his friends goes. nothing to
disturb the epuanimily OF "XiStenc. f,r
20 n The only Incident which ii Is
n.S', naNe any h"SS'p'| p'".'ng
,,.,, n,,r, 80 "'''N,''N ~ Nv
'.'"" N"'s'u '""", 'n''"Fn N'i'S
nilS Ve.,'onS 81" puNinrs' n"Io'a-
.'rcies and he worked At So great -
r-'" that h.S health was t.muurtrilv
shattered. In the absence pf auV actual
..'"fs the su.cid" theory ir ~, cas-. or
''t Diesel must he Discarded
Master MRgtclpM Of world.
The mav win, received f.rr ,h. l,,a
W T stead the title of "tb. u,sto-
eciciau Of the world" had 20 the kuov-l-
.lre Of his most intimate friends ,hsn-
.utelV no trorb'es a. dir .culti.s nf .,u.
tescription His Interest in the sucrcss
= the compeuv Lo,-.iu.- his pon,a was ,s
- often .ypressed II bir,saIf ,I<o ,b.,
# n father in tbe fortunes nr ,r, az hi,
h'ldren. tniversallv recocrig.d os con.
- the greatest figures in SHINING science
. 'ha world his success was comnlets
very where. In the United States perhaps
% an even ere,t.- 1.p,e. ,,,v d., H.,
'c nan ',cn ho''fe" ana tet"d
.t, gns and great cornoratl ions All ovar
,hs world Hls cnwort .,e an ..,,.., ,ha,
, vas tho lac, ma, 10 .h .,
.1um!t suicide so long as no r.,,i,.d
faculties He was , ma, -, tbs ,,ns,
,rn aYd di.n,..fo,.,, ,,a,..' ~,
tN
.rtrd was essartiali, in,;.oi .,,I aI
The story OF m. Djesa, nil .,c', f.,
.. .. Of the most frtares,iny ,o.,,,,7,'s -
.h. history Of r,ecbnnics -, ,," u,',,.os -,
,..,.rs nr!yate lirs it,,,o t. ~,
,1s 40 ears old n, ,bs .f,a , ii. ne
a..,t .ri n. b,d n - ui
..p,uos T., ,So, ,''eSe'
90 80 WITH ''e H'si OF the
,.,,,h ,,ore 10, n"" ne M'S hot
.. hera,n.. r,s ~ "se "h'h
,,, '''' 'e" years
-rho id., ,,,,,,,, ,,,,i.,.
,,s hssod "p." "'"'n n'S wonoeriu' work
1.,,d ht,,so,c ~ i,''', rs ne oiteh re-
..o un,inh -a',i '''. ~. VS. s'u"eHt IN
r io lec,ura ~ n',Ds ,,tsn moo, Isteh-
"c'ure ~ mechanlcS The idea
- wears Of age and ,hen ho sa. r'T,,,".,, ~
''hoial" and develop it theoretically
,'' was - before he decided that his
N'N was sufficiently advanced To begin
d''I'aI experiments and these expert
''"tS occupied him for nve Years and
zen IN" hrst Diesel engine was put on
."" market
First Model 80 Et.. uo..u
.,..hf, he nts, s model was sender upright