17 Simple Gifs That Effectively Explain How Things Work
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How a zipper works
How circle strafing works
How a knight in chess can visit every square once
How a tesseract (4D cube) works
How a "sun and planet gear" works
How a locomotive engine works
How a constant velocity joint
How pythagorean theorem works
How a radial engine works
How a second hand (in a clock) works
How a hypotrochoid works
How a Wankel engine works
How a sewing machine works
(Not related but kinda) How the New York Times crossword before the 1996 election worked
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The radial engine is really working it.
This is a GREAT gif!
They all seem like great gifs to me! How a radial engine works:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/radial-engine.htm
1:36 AM May 22 2013