Мирон Павлович Зейлигер Russian pronunciation: [miron pavlovitɕ zʲəɪlʲiɡɛrʲ] (1874–1952), (English transcription: Miron Pavlovich Zeyliger), birthname: Меер Пинхусович Зейлигер (English transcription: Meer Pinkhusovich Zeyliger), known as: Myron Seiliger, was a Russian physicist and university professor who developed the Seiliger cycle, a hypothetical model that describes how the Diesel engine works.