Finally found my reference, namely Diesel Aviation Engines by Wilkinson: "Abundance of coal in Germany and the idea of utilizing coal dust for fuel undoubtedly influenced Dr. Diesel when he applied for a patent. The first one issued to him, Patent No. 67,207 dated February 28, 1892, specified an engine with compression ignition using coal dust as fuel.
In 1893, at the age of 35, Dr. Diesel published a theoretical treatise entitled: "The Theory and Construction of a Practical Heat Engine." In the same year he began his experiments at Augsburg... After three years work, in 1896 Dr. Diesel completed his first engine design to use coal dust for fuel and air compressed to high pressure and temperature to ignite it. This engine exploded and nearly killed him but he persevered and built another engine using petroleum as fuel. His second engine built in 1897 was successful..." Marc de Piolenc Iligan Philippines Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
