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Cats Cradle Pussiewillow III Clock in Basildon
Visivision Machine, one of the "Things" created by Rowland Emett

Frederick Rowland Emett OBE (22 October 1906 – 13 November 1990), known as Rowland Emett (with the forename sometimes spelled "Roland" [as his middle name appears on his birth certificate] and the surname frequently misspelled "Emmett"), was an English cartoonist and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture.

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Rowland Emett

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Frederick Rowland Emett OBE (22 October 1906 – 13 November 1990), known as Rowland Emett (with the forename sometimes spelled "Roland" [as his middle name...

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Emett

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Emett is a surname and occasional given name. Notable people with this name include: Josh Emett (born 1973), New Zealand chef Rowland Emett (1906–1990)...

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Walter de la Mare

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illustrated by W. Heath Robinson [1916], Claud Lovat Fraser [1924], Rowland Emett [1941] and Edward Ardizzone [1946]) The Sunken Garden and Other Poems...

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

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effects, and Caractacus Potts' inventions were created by Rowland Emett. An article about Emett that appeared in Time magazine in 1976 mentioned his work...

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Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator

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designed and built by kinetic sculptor Rowland Emett. A photograph shows a pencilled note on a whitewashed beam in Emett's barn: 26th August 1970 (1/2 Closing...

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Rube Goldberg machine

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drawn by British cartoonist and illustrator W. Heath Robinson. See also Rowland Emett, active in the 1950s. The TV show The Great Egg Race (1979 to 1986)...

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Hemel Hempstead

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tiled map of the Hemel Hempstead district was designed by the artist Rowland Emett and is located on the side of the tiered car park in the Marlowes. Erected...

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Small Heath

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Harewood OBE. British actor and presenter was born in Small Heath. Rowland Emett OBE. Famous British cartoonist. Ken Barnes English footballer born in...

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Caractacus Pott

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inventions as seen in the film were designed and created by the craftsman Rowland Emett and are on display at Mid-America Science Museum. In the movie, Caractacus'...

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Rube Goldberg

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Chindōgu Deathtrap (plot device) Domino effect Domino show Frederick Rowland Emett Jean Tinguely, Swiss artist who created Rube Goldberg-like sculptures...

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The Saturday Book

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drawings, many specially commissioned. Artists included Edward Ardizzone, Rowland Emett, L. S. Lowry, Laurence Scarfe and Richard Chopping. Photographers included...

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Festival of Britain

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Fair, staying open until the mid-1970s A miniature railway designed by Rowland Emett. It ran for 500 yards along the south of the gardens with a station...

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Victoria Centre

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300 m2) of office space.[citation needed] In 1970, the kinetic sculptor Rowland Emett was commissioned to design and build a "water-powered" clock known as...

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Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway

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Creek Railway) was a 15 in (381 mm) gauge miniature railway created by Rowland Emett. A whimsical view of British rural life and embodying his typical fanciful...

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Cybernetic Serendipity

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visitor could take away, or involved visitors in games. Cartoonist Rowland Emett designed the mechanical computer Forget-me-not, which was commissioned...

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Kinetic art

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U-Ram Choe Angela Conner Carlos Cruz-Diez Marcel Duchamp Lin Emery Rowland Emett Ivana Franke Arthur Ganson Nemo Gould Gerhard von Graevenitz Bruce Gray...

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Arnold Ziff

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of the arts, and had a collection including items from his friend, Rowland Emett. Nigel Watson (2005) Arnold Ziff: The Making of a Great Yorkshireman...

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List of people from Birmingham

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(born 1952) – cartoonist Ian Emes (born 1949) – animator Frederick Rowland Emett (1906–1990) – cartoonist, artist and kinetic sculptor Jo Enright (born...

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Birmingham School of Art

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painter, etcher, banknote designer Ian Emes, animator and film director Rowland Emett, cartoonist and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture Elizabeth...

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Basildon

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Eastgate is the Cats Cradle Pussiwillow III Clock. It was created by Rowland Emett in 1981 and was originally placed outside what is now ASDA on the Lower...

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1990 in the United Kingdom

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footballer (born 1910) 13 November Don Chaffey, film director (born 1913) Rowland Emett, kinetic sculptor (born 1906) Richard Lewis, operatic tenor (born 1914)...

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