On this day 112 years ago, on September 30, 1913 (September 1, 1913 in the lunar calendar), Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine, died. Rudolf Christian Carl Diesel (RudolfChristianKarlDiesel, March 18, 1858 - September 30, 1913), a German engineer, the inventor of the diesel engine. He proposed the original design of the compression ignition internal combustion engine in 1892. After continuous trial production and improvement, in 1897, the kerosene-fueled compression ignition internal combustion engine was made at the Augustburg plant in Germany, and soon developed into a diesel-fueled compression ignition internal combustion engine, that is, a diesel engine. Comments: Diesel engines are much more power-efficient than gasoline engines, and many large machinery cannot be imagined without diesel engines.