Rube Goldberg Machines PDF

Rube Goldberg Machines In 1942, at a mansion in New York, people came to see a big painting called the "Automatic Hitler-Kicking Machine." It was the first show of Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg, who was already famous for **drawing very complicated machines to solve simple problems**. His name even...

Rube Goldberg Machines In 1942, at a mansion in New York, people came to see a big painting called the "Automatic Hitler-Kicking Machine." It was the first show of Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg, who was already famous for **drawing very complicated machines to solve simple problems**. His name even became an adjective in the dictionary in 1931, meaning to do something in a very complicated way. Automatic Hitler-Kicking Machine Goldberg's machines used birds, monkeys, and more to make long chain reactions. These reactions did simple things like lighting a cigar, or getting an olive out of a bottle. He said **his machines showed how people put a lot of effort into doing small tasks.** Goldberg was born in San Francisco in 1883. Even though he loved art, he studied engineering because his father wanted him to. At university, a professor made students use a strange invention to calculate the weight of the Earth, which gave Goldberg the idea that mixing serious and silly things could be funny. After working in mines and sewers, Goldberg lost interest in engineering but used what he learned to make his **cartoon machines**. He moved to New York in 1906, started working for a newspaper, and soon became famous for his comic series, "Foolish Questions." His first invention cartoon, "Automatic Weight Reducing Machine," appeared in 1914, and his machines became popular, earning him a lot of money. His work was featured in art museums and publications. In the 1930s, Goldberg moved to Hollywood and worked with Twentieth Century Fox. His movie "Soup to Nuts" introduced the Three Stooges (Los Tres Chiflados). He continued to create inventions for the rest of his life. Today, people still create **Rube Goldberg machines in competitions to make the most creative and complicated contraptions to do simple tasks**. With your own words, what is a Rube Goldberg machine and why is it named like that?