Picture No | 10640104 |
Date | c.1938 |
Description | Early type of mechanical shovel by Heath Robinson |
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The inventor of the mechanical shovel trying out an early type. Two medieval engineers with a rickety but effective mechanical shovel or digger, another idea from the inventive mind of the gadget king, William Heath Robinson.
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Source | Illustration by William Heath Robinson in The Gentle Art of Excavating, a booklet for Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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