Heath Robinson was an English cartoonist and illustrator widely syndicated
in the 20s, 30s and 40s.
Typical cartoon showing "Professor Brainstawm" operating a weird device
cobbled together to achieve some absurd end eg a dog in a treadmill
operating a rotary spoon to stir a cup of tea .
73
Barry
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Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
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NEW ZEALAND
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Parsons" <ve3zi@yahoo.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:45 PM
Subject: re: [Amps] one people, separated by a common language
I hate to admit my ignorance, but:
Who was Rube Goldberg?
Heath Robinson was a guy who would make things that
worked from unsuitable materials. Note that it is
important that the things actually work to some
extent, and that it be not at all obvious that they
should.
73 Roger
VE3ZI/G3RBP
Obviously not really Canadian yet....
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