Cummin, was incorporated as ,he Cummins Engine Co. in ,919. Convince, diesel technology held promise both commercially and for fuel economy. Clessie Cummins ,the nomesako founder, secured manufacturing rights from a Dutch diesel licensor named Hvid. The first Hvid engines made by Cummins were 6-horsepower, four-cylinder models used for stationary power. Cummins found the technology underdeveloped and unsalable. But with the assistance of a former Hvid Engineer named H.L. Knudsen, Cummins was soon producing a pioneering single disk fuel system.
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