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Diesel's right glove closes around the changeover lever; his left glove braces against the engine frame and both boots meet the plank floor. The changeover lever sits inside its spring detent and shifts the starting cams beneath their valve followers. Short rods connect the starting cams to the compressed-air and exhaust valves at the cylinder head. The air pipe connects continuously from the starting reservoir outlet through supported elbows to the cylinder-head compressed-air valve. The starting reservoir rests in its timber cradle; the cradle feet meet the floor. The engine connecting rod joins piston crosshead to crankshaft; the flywheel is keyed concentrically to that crankshaft. The engine and flywheel bearings sit on the engine base, whose feet are bolted through sleepers into the floor. Diesel's 1.7 m figure places the cylinder head one human head above him and the flywheel rim at his waist. It is 1895 reconstruction of the Augsburg starting mechanism: Rudolf Diesel in dark wool frock coat, waistcoat, high collar, straight trousers and fitted leather work gloves.; Matte cast iron, riveted steel, rigid steel pipe, dark wool, leather, brick, timber sleepers and oil-stained plank flooring.; Single-cylinder 220/400 experimental four-stroke engine, compressed-air reservoir, changeover cam gear, separate starting and exhaust valves, exposed crankshaft and flywheel. Compressed air remains invisible; aligned starting cams, open valve, connected pipe, moving connecting rod and slight flywheel blur reveal pneumatic starting mid-cycle.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "concentrated experimental work on a practical starting problem. Documentary photographic realism: subtle film grain, believable wear on every material, candid imperfect framing.", "lighting": "Diffuse north-window daylight enters high left, casting every apparatus and figure shadow low right; matte metal carries restrained highlights from that single source.", "photo": "50mm, f/4, about 4.5 m, Candid medium-wide workshop plate from doorway height, Diesel left and engine right, slightly imperfect crop at his elbow; lever and cylinder sharp, near floor and rear brickwork soft.", "medium": "photograph, Documentary photographic realism with subtle plate grain and mechanically localized motion blur.", "color_palette": ["#1E1913", "#4A3B28", "#8A7350", "#C9B892", "#2B2B2A"]}, "compositional_deconstruction": {"background": "Maschinenfabrik Augsburg trial bay, 1895: brick wall, tall multipane window, oil-darkened plank work floor and a cropped timber test bench; the compact apparatus occupies one working corner. 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