(1883 - 1970) American cartoonist and sculptor. He was famous for his humorous diagrams of incredibly
intricate machines designed to carry out simple tasks. A "Rube Goldberg contraption" is a
machine with many apparently
extraneous parts, which appears to have been designed by patchwork.
(1883 - 1970)
American cartoonist known for cartoons of
mechanical devices of absurdly unnecessary
complexity.
original name, Ruben L. Goldberg, 1883-1970;
American cartoonist and sculptor, creator of extremely
intricate diagrams of contraptions designed to
effect relatively simple
results.
-American Heritage Dictionary Reuben (Rube) Lucius Goldberg (1883-1970),
American cartoonist who was known for his cartoons and diagrams depicting the inventions of the fictional
Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts. In these cartoons Goldberg devised ridiculously complicated and impractical