Homer D. Brown
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Homer D. Brown | |
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Born | 3 July 1879 [1] Dallas, Polk, Oregon |
Died | 10 October 1953 (74) [1] Koosharem, Sevier, Utah |
Affiliations | Brotherhood of the Divine Revelations |
Known for | Claims to have invented a perpetual motion machine |
Homer Duran Brown (July 3, 1879 - October 10, 1953) was an American carpenter and religious minister, founder of the Oregon-based Brotherhood of the Divine Revelations and the associated Brown-Estro Power and Manufacturing Co., a corporation that he sold stock in to finance the production of "Brown's Wheel," or, as Brown himself called it, "the Power of God," a perpetual motion device that he claimed was "revealed to him by the Scripture" and said to "operate on the principle of gravity overcoming gravity," the machine itself described as being "a series of wheels and weights." Brown's financing activities drew attention from state regulators in 1927, and resulted in his indictment for the illegal sale of stock under Oregon's "blue sky" laws.
Press Coverage
- "PERPETUAL MOTION SOLVED - MACHINE PRODUCT OF DIVINE REVELATION, CLAIM - Religion, High Finance Mixed Up in Affair, Says State Investigator", Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore.): 1, 7, 20 Mar. 1927, https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042470/1927-03-20/ed-1/seq-1/
- "EX-OGDENITE'S DEALS PROBED - Promoted Religious Cult and Perpetual Motion Scheme", Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah): 8, 26 Mar. 1927, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ogden-standard-examiner-ex-ogdenite/124176711/
- "Selling Ezekiel's Vision", The Capital Journal (Salem, Ore.): 4, 28 Mar. 1927, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-journal-selling-ezekiels-vi/124176770/
- "CULT LEADER INDICTED - Inventor of Reputed Perpetual Motion Machine Held", Statesman Journal (Salem, Ore.): 1, 5 Jun. 1927, https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042470/1927-06-05/ed-1/seq-1/
- "PERPETUAL MOTION INVENTOR INDICTED", Klamath News (Klamath Falls, Ore.): 6, 14 Jun. 1927, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-klamath-news-perpetual-motion-invent/124176826/
- "INVENTOR FACES COURT - HOMER BROWN HELD FOR ILLEGAL STOCK SALE", Morning Register (Eugene, Ore.): 1, 25 May 1928, https://www.newspapers.com/article/morning-register-inventor-faces-court/124176886/