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====1910s==== * 1910: MAN starts making two-stroke diesel engines.<ref name="Mau_1984_8" /> * 1910: November 26, [[James McKechnie (engineer)|James McKechnie]] applies for a patent on [[unit injector|unit injection]].<ref name="Tschöke_2018_10" /> Unlike Diesel, he successfully built working unit injectors.<ref name="Sass_1962_501" /><ref name="Sass_1962_502" /> * 1911: November 27, the Allgemeine Gesellschaft für Dieselmotoren A.-G. is dissolved.<ref name="Sass_1962_485" /> * 1911: The Germania shipyard in Kiel builds {{convert|850|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines for German submarines. These engines are installed in 1914.<ref name="Sass_1962_569" /> * 1912: MAN builds the first double-acting piston two-stroke diesel engine.<ref name="Sass_1962_545" /> * 1912: The first [[locomotive]] with a diesel engine is used on the Swiss [[Winterthur–Romanshorn railway]].<ref name="Klooster2009" /> * 1912: [[MS Selandia|MS ''Selandia'']] is the first ocean-going ship with diesel engines.<ref name="Tschöke_2018_9" /> * 1913: [[New London Ship and Engine Company|NELSECO]] diesels are installed on commercial ships and [[United States Navy|US Navy]] submarines.<ref name="RiversHarbors" /> * 1913: September 29, [[Rudolf Diesel]] dies mysteriously while crossing the [[English Channel]] on {{SS|Dresden|1896|6}}.<ref name="Solomon" /> * 1914: MAN builds {{convert|900|PS|kW|0|abbr=on}} two-stroke engines for Dutch submarines.<ref name="Sass_1962_541" /> * 1919: Prosper L'Orange obtains a patent on a [[Indirect injection#Precombustion chamber|precombustion chamber]] insert incorporating a needle [[fuel injection|injection nozzle]].<ref name="Pease2003" /><ref name="AutomobileQuarterly" /><ref name="Merker_2014_382" /> First diesel engine from [[Cummins]].<ref name="Bennett2016" /><ref name="DictionaryCH" />
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