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Diesel pioneers' untimely deaths loom over future transport
The article honors Rudolf Diesel and Lionel M Woolson whose work on compression ignition engines propelled ships planes and industry. It notes Diesel vanished in 1913 and Woolson died in a plane crash while advancing the Packard Diesel for aviation and highlights the engine's lighter weight and ignition advantages.
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Rudolf Diesel
Capt
Woolson
Diesel
Triumph
Paris
Germany
Harwich
England
Channel
Lionel M. Woolson
Packard
Detroit
New York City
Buffalo
N. Y
America
U. S Shipping Board
Hermann Dorner
London
Mercedes
U. S
Los Angeles
Seattle
West End
N. J
Dayton
Uncle Sam
McCook Field
al Williams
Svery Week
Langley Field
Virginia
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics’ Laboratories
Department of Commerce
Pratt and Whitney