Joseph Raes
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Joseph Raes was a Belgian-American machinist who was reported to have invented a perpetual motion motor, in addition to various monoplane and submarine designs, including a telescopic mast for wireless, the latter being a subject of apparent interest by the U.S. Navy.
Resources
U.S. Government Documentation
- Joseph Raes in the Bureau of Investigation's Old German Files: https://www.fold3.com/browse/1/hhqJwp03TQBwCAyoDjlJdm9JL
Press Coverage
- "Auto to Run with Clock Works", Washington Post (Washington, D.C.): 6, 27 Dec. 1906, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28937099/
- "Invents Dirigible, an Accident-Proof Aero, and a Telescopic Radio Tower", Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.): 3, 29 July 1915, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1915-07-29/ed-1/seq-3/
- "BELGIAN-AMERICAN INVENTOR HAS NEW 'PERPETUAL MOTION' MACHINE", The Bystander (Des Moines, Iowa): 3, 11 Aug. 1916, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85049804/1916-08-11/ed-1/seq-3/
- "Inventor Says Machine Will Cut Power Cost", Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.): 12, 13 July 1917, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1917-07-13/ed-1/seq-12/
- "AMERICAN INVENTOR HAS U-BOAT DEVICE - Joseph Raes Says Germans Won Secret on Death Threat.", Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.): 9, 25 July 1917, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1917-07-25/ed-1/seq-9/