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By 1923, Goldberg, who had graduated from the UC Berkeley School of Mining and held positions as a sewer designer and sports journalist, was already a prominent and well-paid New York cartoonist. “My wisdom of science and mechanics are largely to blame for my progress as a draftsman,” he wrote in Popular Science, feeling compelled to protect his paintings and affirm his love of engineering and design. invention.
In his own words in 1923, and unaware that he still had nearly a century of cartoons ahead of him, Goldberg lamented, “I still hope to invent something useful. “Concentrated, which he used to comment on everything from transparent weapons to World War II, was his most useful invention. At a time when the generation has gone mad, precariously tipping the scales of society and politics, we can use this perspective.
“I make fun of inventions because I love them,” says the prominent cartoonist. His wonderful ambition is to invent useful things.
For me, science and invention are serious matters. I’ve made it a serious matter because I’m the basic human interest in those issues.
Every guy has some wisdom of science and mechanics.
It is as useful as the wisdom of law in business. Being able to turn a small screw on a typewriter can save valuable minutes in a busy office. Being capable of an undeniable ventilation factor can accelerate the work of an institution. the wisdom of a clinical precept can allow someone to put a new and useful product on the market, it can enrich it.
My wisdom from science and mechanics is largely to blame for my progress as a draftsman. When I was studying mining engineering at the University of California, I studied analytical mechanics. I was taken to a machine, invented by one of the teachers, used under the weight of the earth.
This device amused me, like all the other students in the class, and I began drawing blueprints of my own devices that I thought were useless. These drawings were the beginning of my career as a draftsman.
Virtually every American loves to paint with tools. I have that fondness for mechanics and I have incorporated it into my paintings. The answer surprised me. It showed me that we live in an era of science and mechanism.
One of my dead inventions is a mechanical music spinner. Any shy guy who has had to stand in front of visitors and record music for his wife or beloved will sympathize with my attempt to eliminate this annoying embarrassing annoyance. My idea of having a pedal connected to an arm to turn the pages. Of course, it has not been put on the market. But maybe, one day, it will be.
The average guy doesn’t like to bring an umbrella. Many throw them away as soon as it stops raining. I once had the idea of inventing a folding umbrella that can be kept in your pocket when not in use. It’s never been perfected, but I still think it’s a smart concept.
Do I hear a loud laugh?
I also took my place among the thousands of Americans who dreamed of a non-slip car device. My concept of having a fifth wheel provided with chains that can simply be dropped on the sidewalk under the car. I was surprised to find that two others had had the same concept before me.
The thousands of men who today paint about inventions in the country are wonderfully moved to see fantastic drawings of mechanical things. For what? Because they see the funny look of guyy in their own concepts. And I’m not convinced I can’t think of concepts that can be used from time to time. Even the guy who hasn’t tried the invention regularly has a painting shop at home. What’s the first thing you show a visitor?Usually, it is a small artifice that he has rigged. He is proud of it because it shows that he has wisdom in mechanics. And he’s in a position to laugh at one of my crazy mechanical cartoons.
When a child breaks a toy, it is up to the parent to fix it, otherwise he loses his reputation. A cartoon on the subject is good for laughing at almost every American home.
And what guy hasn’t had the idea of inventing something to feed, shake and turn off his furnace?Some elaborate artifices to do this, illustrated in a cartoon, will not fail to tickle him. He’s usually sporty enough to laugh at his favorite theories.
As crazy as some of my mechanical cartoons are, as much of them as possible. The same goes for the maximum of all inventions.
I hope to invent something useful. Maybe I’ll still come up with the big concept when creating some of my crazy cartoons. The box is huge and strange things happen.
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