Rube Goldberg had a predecessor. The machine that came before Colossus at Bletchley was named Heath Robinson after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_

Rube Goldberg had a predecessor. The machine that came before Colossus at Bletchley was named Heath Robinson after him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Heath_Robinson