Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . nhabitedchiefly by sailors and fishermen. The DIESEL 358 DIESEL ENGINE port is spacious, admitting vessels of1,200 tons burden; but it cannot be en-tered at low water. Dieppe is one ofthe chief watering places of France, andis much frequented by visitors in sum-mer and autumn. The great bathingestablishment forms a luxurious retreatfor bathers and invalids, and includesa ball-room and other attractions. Themanufactures include works in ivory,the most famed in Europe; works
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . nhabitedchiefly by sailors and fishermen. The DIESEL 358 DIESEL ENGINE port is spacious, admitting vessels of1,200 tons burden; but it cannot be en-tered at low water. Dieppe is one ofthe chief watering places of France, andis much frequented by visitors in sum-mer and autumn. The great bathingestablishment forms a luxurious retreatfor bathers and invalids, and includesa ball-room and other attractions. Themanufactures include works in ivory,the most famed in Europe; works inhorn and bone, lace-making, sugar-refin-ing, ship-building, etc. There is a busyfishery, and the foreign trade is stillconsiderable. There is constant steamintercourse between this port and New-haven. In early times Dieppe was thechief port of France, but its prosperitydiminished after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes (1685). Pop. about25,000. DIESEL, RUDOLF, a German in-ventor, born in Paris in 1858. Hestudied in England and at the Poly-technic School in Munich. After hisgraduation he lived in Paris for a few. RUDOLF DIESEL years, acting as manager of a refrig-erating company. He finally settled inMunich in 1895. After some years ofexperiment he successfully solved theproblem of the internal combustion en-gine and patented his Diesel Engine(q. v.). In 1912 he delivered a series oflectures in the United States. Calledthe next year by the British Admiraltyto consult with them in reference to hisengine, his career was brought to an un- timely end by drowning in the EnglishChannel. His monograph on the DieselEngine has been translated as Theoryand Construction of a Rational HeatMotor. DIESEL ENGINE, a special type ofinternal combustion engine. The prin-ciple on which it works differs from thatof the ordinary gas engine, in which anexplosive effect is produced by drawingthe combustible charge into the cylinderand igniting instantaneously. In theDiesel engine, air is drawn int
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