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How a differential gear works (1937) [video]

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Re: How a differential gear works (1937) [video]

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Post by function_seven »

cipherzero wrote: post #4
Animats wrote: post #3

We know. I put a link to that video (to the Internet Archive, not YouTube) on Wikipedia years ago. There's a whole series of Chevrolet films from the Jam Handy organization at the Internet Archive. "Take it Easy", "Spring Harmony" and "Shockproof" cover how auto suspensions work. "Facts on Friction", "Hydraulics" and "What stops them" explain brakes. "Head on" and "No Ghosts" - auto frames. "Water Boy" - cooling. "Fr…

I had never seen this, so i appreciate the link. Is there any similar video for a limited slip differential?

Here's a good start. Alter search query to taste.

https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Handy%20%2...

Re: How a differential gear works (1937) [video]

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Post by jonesdc »

hughlomas wrote: post #6
analog31 wrote: post #2

Excellent use of graphics, created in the age before computer graphics.

A World War 2 training video for evading flak cannon fire is one of the best examples of graphical information presentation that I've seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP_-WUMi-nw It features smoothly animated and highly functional designs as well as overlaying graphics on real footage to achieve a fashion of "augmented reality". The production quality is astounding and it is amazing to think that it was produced…

Thank you for posting this.

Re: How a differential gear works (1937) [video]

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Post by hsshah »

I remember seeing this a while back and realizing I learned more from this video than I learned in class during my college course. Amazing production value. We should properly catalog such gems so that students and even professors can use these to teach (instead of attempting to reinvent the wheel)
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