Some of these simple animations for complex principles blew my mind...

Simple animation to explain complex principles

1, aircraft radial engine

2, oval Regulation

3, sewing machines

4, Malta Cross movement - second hand movement used to control the clock

5, auto change file mechanism

6, auto constant velocity universal joint

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7, gun ammunition loading system

8 rotary engine - an internal combustion engine, the heat rather than the piston movement into rotary movement

# Via World Of Technology. HowStuffWorks see from the attached three car engine diagram:

1, inline engine - it's cylinders lined up side by side

2, V-type engine - cylinder arranged at an angle of two plane

3, boxer engine - cylinder engine arranged in two planes relative

Via: http://hiox.org/30629-simple-animation.php

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Comment by Morgan Matthew on March 10, 2011 at 12:00pm: Just a thing of pure beauty!

Comment by Tammy on March 10, 2011 at 1:53pm: All of those are beautiful. I loved the rotary engine ones. My first and favorite car ever was an 86' RX-7. I did a lot of my own work on it so I made it a point to learn everything possible about the rotary engine. Great times and a great engine.