Rudolph Diesel, A Patent, and Coal
Rudolph Diesel is known as the father of the Diesel Engine, but how did we get to the modern Diesel Engine and Diesel Fuel as we know today? Born in 1858, Rudolph Diesel designed and patented the first Diesel Engine, originally claiming the engine could burn, "any kind of fuel, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous"
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Designing the Pitch of a Screw: History of Whitworth
With the thousands of uniform screw options available now, it's hard to imagine a time with both more, and fewer options. Thankfully Joseph Whitworth standardized a system for the modern thread, giving a worldwide, universal playing field for interchangeable fasteners.
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The Original Hobbing Machine
Christian Schiele is credited with the first Hobbing Machine patent filed in 1856 - a machine capable of making "toothed wheels" (spur gears) and "oblique wheels" (bevel gears). Despite the innovation in design, there was never a physical prototype...
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