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The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : Genius, power, and deception on the ever of World War I  Cover Image Book Book

The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel : Genius, power, and deception on the ever of World War I / Douglas Brunt.

Brunt, Douglas, (author).

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  • ISBN: 9781982169909
  • Physical Description: 374 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Atria Books, [2023]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-361) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I: War & oil engines, 1858-1897 -- An international identity ; A brief stay in London ; A new empire in Europe ; Is anyone truly self-made? ; Petroleum upends the game ; Pursuit of the ideal ; Meant for more than a salary ; Wilhelm II envies a navy ; The birth of diesel power ; Part II: Diesel proliferation, 1897-1910 ; Lord Kelvin goes first ; A hiccup before the grand prize ; The trappings of success ; A study of the sleeping giant ; "The old house" fights for its life ; The Kaiser adopts "risk theory" ; A place among the armaments of nations ; Dawn of the new era ; Part III: Masterpiece, 1910-1913 -- Rudolf Diesel breaks ranks ; The admiralty boards the MS Selandina ; Secrets of the first Lord ; The great light to the west ; Rising pressure ; The final months ; SS Dresden: September 29, 1913 ; Part IV: Vanishing act -- The world reacts ; The available theories ; Operation Rudolf Diesel ; Fingerprints ; Epilogue: at last.
Subject: Diesel, Rudolf, 1858-1913.
Inventors > Germany > 20th century > Biography.
Missing persons > Case studies.
Diesel motor > History.
World War, 1914-1918.

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