Rube Goldberg's Inventions

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Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonists sculptor , author , engineer, and inventor.He was born in 1883 and died in 1970.He was a winning cartoonist best known for his zany invention cartoons. Some of Goldberg machines include,the Goldberg machines are engineered contraptions that can do many tasks in a domino effect. Some of his most famous inventions are the “Self-Operating Napkin” “The Portable-Movie-Talkie Camera,” ” “Self-Opening Umbrella and the “Automatic Sheet Music.” Some Rube Goldberg competitions that you could compete in are, The Aviation, Robotics, and Mad Science competitions. Some Rube Goldberg machines in pop culture are

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