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Micro Camera Shows the Workings of a Combustion Engine

By AddyDugdale Published October 10, 2007, 10:33 am ET

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Someone had the great idea of putting a high-pressure, heat-resistant camera inside the cylinder of a four-stroke engine. Shooting at 1000 fps, the camera recorded just exactly what happens to make engines run. Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow! [LiveLeak]

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