Heath Robinson ....... was a British artist most famous for his fantastically complicated machines ... imagine Escher meets Da Vinci, with the humour of Gerard Hoffnung.
The phrase Heath Robinson entered the English language to describe any insanely convoluted machine, particularly one involving pulleys, levers etc.
/edit - added a link to Encarta.
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Fri 9 May 2003, 5:07,
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The phrase Heath Robinson entered the English language to describe any insanely convoluted machine, particularly one involving pulleys, levers etc.
/edit - added a link to Encarta.
YepI think the American equivalent is Rube Goldberg.
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Fri 9 May 2003, 5:11,
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Ohjust looked at your encarta link, and there's a link from there to an entry on Goldberg.
makes me look stupid when I'm not I just happen to know what I'm talking about mumble mumble mumble
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(makes me look stupid when I'm not I just happen to know what I'm talking about mumble mumble mumble
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Rapitinui get in the cage and I'll give you a treat,
Fri 9 May 2003, 5:34,
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Sorry ...... edit now flagged :-)
Meanwhile, just found this. One of the WWII electronic cipher-breakering machines (forerunners to modern computers) was named Heath Robinson.
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Fri 9 May 2003, 5:42,
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Meanwhile, just found this. One of the WWII electronic cipher-breakering machines (forerunners to modern computers) was named Heath Robinson.
And it's goodnight from me.google the - Secret Life Of Machines - site it'll strike you as similar and they will probably acknowledge heath as one of their influences. He clearly is.
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Fri 9 May 2003, 5:12,
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