Originally published at: Animations of engines | Boing Boing
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When I was a boy, our first “family computer” (c. 1994) came with an encyclopedia package on CD-ROM, and it had a few animations not dissimilar to these.
Anyhow, what I really came to say was that I couldn’t agree more with the characterization “infernal.” The world is so much more fragile because of these things.
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@beschizza You might just have buried the lede, there.
This may be a small rabbit hole to disappear down (and it IS a ‘wonderful thing’) but the much, much huger rabbit hole is the link on that home page to 507 Mechanical Movements
That’s the rest of my day taken care of! 
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Suck.
Squeeze.
Bang.
Blow.
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Wankle Engines are such a clever piece of design; and are funny to say.
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Very cool. needs one for the Deltic engine
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That’s the Previously At Boing Boing link!
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Ah - I should have known. I missed that particular rabbit hole at the time. I’m just glad he hasn’t yet animated all 507 or I’d be there forever!!
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I was today years old when I learned that wankel rotary engines are a real thing and not just a Monty Python gag.
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