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Rodolphe Edgard Mathot

b. 1866

An early 20th-century engineering writer, he explained gas engines and producer-gas plants in practical, accessible terms for working engineers and industrial readers. His books reflect a hands-on interest in how internal-combustion machinery was built, installed, and kept running well.

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Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines

Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines

by Rodolphe Edgard Mathot

About the author

Born in 1866, Rodolphe Edgard Mathot was a Brussels-based consulting engineer who also wrote technical books on internal-combustion machinery. Contemporary reference material identifies him as a consulting engineer, a referee to the courts of law in Brussels, and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers from 1902.

He is best known for books including Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants and The Construction and Working of Internal Combustion Engines. These works focus on practical engineering problems rather than abstract theory, covering design, selection, installation, operation, and care of engines at a time when gas and oil engines were becoming increasingly important in industry.

Available records also note that Professor R. E. Mathot designed a type of fuel pump used in an Anglo-Belgian diesel engine, which fits the broader picture of him as both a writer and a working engineer. While easily confirmed biographical details are limited, the surviving evidence shows a technically minded author whose books helped document a key period in the development of modern engine technology.