Word: selandia
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Diesel was plagued by business troubles almost all his life, but in 1913 things were going fairly well. The Selandia, first big ocean-going ship powered by Diesels, had voyaged from Copenhagen to Bangkok and back. Herr & Frau Diesel still had their big house in Munich, entertained many U. S. engineers there. They took a vacation in Italy. In September, Rudolf Diesel set out for England to see a Diesel plant inaugurated there. He and two friends took a Channel steamer at Antwerp. They had dinner, strolled on deck, went to their staterooms. When the boat docked at Harwich, Diesel...
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