Prudence's Rube Goldberg Project

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REUBEN GOLDBERG
BY PRUDENCE

2. Contents
CHILDHOOD
WORK BEGAN
WORK
LEGACY: DOG GOLDBERG
BIBLIOGRAPHY

3. Childhood
REUBEN LUCIUS GOLDBERG WAS BORN JULY 4TH
1883 IN SAN FRANCISCO.
MR. AND MRS. GOLDBERG HAD SEVEN CHILDREN.
RUEBEN WAS THE THIRD CHILD AND THE MIDDLE
CHILD. THREE OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS DIED
AS A CHILD.
REUBEN'S OLDER BROTHER AND HIS YOUNGER
SISTER SURVIVED WITH REUBEN UNTIL THEY ALL DIED
OF OLD AGE.

4. Work began
RUBE GOLDBERG DID FORMAL ART TRAINING WITH AN VERY GOOD ARTIST. BUT
AS MUCH AS HE LOVED TO DRAW HE TOOK THE ADVICE FROM HIS FATHER
AND EARNED A DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY.

5. Work
AFTER GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY HE BECAME A DESIGN
ENGINEER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO PLUMBING. HE WOULD
DESIGN THE PIPES AND THE WAY THE PLUMBING SO THE WATER
COULD STREAM TO WITH IN BUILDINGS AND TAPS.
HE WOULD GET PAID 100$ PER MONTH AND THAT WAS A LOT
OF MONEY FOR A MAN WHOM HAD JUST FISHED UNIVERSITY.
HE STAYED AT THIS JOB ONLY FOR AROUND 2-3 MONTHS
BECAUSE HE WAS UNHAPPY AT WORK.
AFTER THAT HE BECAME A CARTOONIST FOR THE SAN
FRANCISCO BULLETIN. HE WOULD DRAW PICTURES AND IF THEY
WERE WHAT THE BULLETIN NEEDED THEN THEY WOULD GET
PUBLISHED.

6. Legacy: Dog Goldberg
RUBE GOLDBERG
LEFT US THE IDEA OF
MACHINES TO
SIMPLE THING, LIKE
IN THIS DOG FOOD
COMMERCIAL.

7. Bibliography
(2015, May 3). Retrieved from Rube Goldberg.com: http://www.rube-
goldberg.com
Beneful, P. (2015, May 3). Dog Goldberg Machine by Beneful® .
Retrieved from Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA56LgpFbSw
Beschloss, S. (2015, May 3). Object of Interest: Rube Goldberg
Machines. Retrieved from The New Yorker :
http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/object-of-interest-rube-
goldberg-machines