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Events on Thursday 10 August 1893 1
1893The first engine nearly kills himAugsburg, 10 AugustThe prototype fires for the first time and the indicator blows apart in Diesel's face. He survives, spends weeks recovering, and goes straight back to it. Four more years of failed runs, redesigned injection systems and burst cylinder heads follow before the thing works reliably.