Books: Octane Press Brings Back Diesel’s Engine, Just in Time for You to Read It

In this lively and entertaining book, historian C. Lyle Cummins, Jr. continues his chronicle of the evolution of the internal combustion engine. Diesel’s Engine is a fascinating and comprehensive history of the diesel engine, written by the son of Cummins Engine Co. founder Clessie Cummins. Cummins grew up watching his father pioneer the Cummins Engine Company and became an accomplished historian and writer specializing in engine innovation. He is also the author of Diesel’s Engine’s celebrated companion book Internal Fire: The Internal Combustion Engine 1673-1900. Together, the two books explore a unique time in history that saw the beginnings of many innovations in engine technology.

Cummins is an engaging narrator and covers in dramatic detail the entire sweep of Rudolf Diesel’s original ideas: the struggles to perfect the diesel engine and the creation of an international industry that brought the world’s most efficient motor to market. Illustrated with black and white photos and period drawings, this is a must-read for any serious enthusiast of engine and transportation technology.

Diesel’s Engine will be available from Octane Press and anywhere books are sold.

C. Lyle Cummins, Jr. has lived with engines all his life. A mechanical engineer, Lyle Cummins spent fifteen years on engine-related projects and was granted five US patents for inventions resulting from that work. Beginning with the initial patent applications and continuing through the contractual relations with licensees, his broad experience allows him to bring a unique perspective to bear on this subject, particularly in its relationship to engine history. Prior to his research on early engines, he taught courses in mechanical design at the university level.

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