Heath Robinson Contraptions

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If Elon Musk does ever has a museum dedicated to him it will be somewhere much showier, but Robinson’s life and work seem well suited to the pleasant park of which his museum now occupies a corner next to a duck pond. He led people into questioning the war effort but at the same time his creations -- depicting 'Weapons of Moronic Distinction' -- were useful in helping morale," says Endeacott. In the Wallace and Gromit films, Wallace often invents Heath Robinson-like machines, with some inventions being direct references. WIRED suggested to Beare that perhaps Robinson fell victim to the same po-faced solemnity he so mocked in the subjects of his illustrations -- taking his fine artworks too seriously and not stepping back to appreciate what everybody else could see.

Heath Robinson started married life in various flats in North London, close to where he had grown up.In 1925 Heath Robinson made a series of eight drawings showing how a trivial occurrence can, through a series of unpredictable consequent events, lead to a disastrous outcome.

Spooner told WIRED: "His pictures are mechanical stories and his brilliance lies not only in the draughtsmanship but in his humour and his attitudes -- a lesson for automata makers who are prone to getting over-excited by machinery for its own sake. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.The eponymous hero is tasked with looking after his nephew Peter, who is one day whisked away by a large bird.