Herbert Akroyd Stuart

Herbert Akroyd-Stuart (January 28 1864, Halifax Yorkshire, England - February 19 1927)

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January 28 - 1864 - Halifax - Yorkshire - England - February 19 - 1927

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Inventor of the "hot bulb" oil engine.

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His engines were built from 1891 by Richard Hornsby and Sons of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England under the title "Hornsby Akroyd Patent Oil Engine".

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Grantham - Lincolnshire

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Similar engines were built by Bolinder in Sweden and some of these still survive in canal boats.

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Bolinder - Sweden

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Richard Hornsby and Sons built the world's first oil-engined railway locomotive "LACHESIS" for the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, England, in 1896.

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Royal Arsenal - Woolwich

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The modern Diesel engine is a hybrid incorporating the features of direct (airless) injection patented by Akroyd-Stuart in 1890 and compression ignition, patented by Rudolf Diesel in 1892. Akroyd-Stuart's compression ignition engine was invented two years earlier than Diesel's similar engine.

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Diesel engine - Rudolf Diesel

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The University of Nottingham hosts the Akroyd-Stuart Memorial Lecture each year in his memory.

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