This is a post about cutaway drawings. These will be familiar to boys of all ages. They are compelling images for their technical detail and the abundance of information. They show how things work. There’s nothing better for explaining big machines.
Obviously, these kinds of drawings are not so good the solid-state gadgets of modern life.
Here are a couple of information posters that show how power is generated…
You can find out about the masters of this kind of illustration, here
http://technicalillustrators.org/2012/01/masters-of-the-cutaway/