1952 The Story of the Diesel Engine
 

1952 The Story of the Diesel Engine = Video By Shell oil


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovLHvMBTzN4 > Part One


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmgGOaw5nmw > Part two

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like that fire piston thing eh? I made a large one out of brass, aluminum, and 3 o-rings. Unfortunately the beautiful thing lost compression and I have to get me some new piston rings for it

Incredible video. Thanks!

That is a great old video. amazing to see those old engines and the people developing them.

I always hear from the wvo crowd that the Diesel engine was developed to burn peanut oil. Didn`t hear that mentioned at all.
But then this film was produced by Shell oil.

thank you for sharing this.

Charlie

the diesel engine was introduced by Rudolph diesel to be used on farms in a self sustaining fashion with the use of penut oil.

Until a better fuel was developed in the 1920's, petroleum Diesel.

Since the video was put together by Shell oil ,I'm sure they were biased towards promoting anything but petroleum.I've seen recently that Mercedes and Bp are investing in Jatropha biodiesel prodution ,so alternative diesel fuels can't be as bad as some would have us believe.

Jathropa is quite big in India, its also actively being subsidised by local state governments and in some states you can find it being sold for 50 cents a gallon although in limited number of pumps. Recently MB India invested heavily into Jathropa plantations and even did a highly successful test run with a C220 that was driven all the way down from south of India to the Himalayas. The C220 was unmodified and ran on jathropa fuel alone.

Not true. Shell is only mentioned at the start of the film and in the "The End" logo after the credits. The only thing promoted in the video was the Diesel engine and its efficiency advantages over steam, hot bulb, gas and gasoline engines, not the fuel it uses.

Because its "Made by Big Oil" does not automatically mean its produced simply to sell their products. Its a video of the Diesel engine's history and its differences from the other 4 common types (for the time) of heat engines.

The only problem with jatropha oil is that by the time it gets into circulation Algae production will have eclipsed it in production capacity and cost effectiveness.

::rolleyes:


So,,, You mean to tell me a company that sells a product won't be biased to only promote what they sell . It's common sense they would promote their product above others.

Have you actually watched the video? If you did you wouldn't be guessing.