L. P. Taylor

Lyman P. Taylor (1825-1886) was an American clairvoyant physician and inventor who claimed to have devised an apparatus to convert water into fuel for lighting and heating through a self-acting principle.

Press Coverage

1850s

• "Wonderful Discovery.", The New York Times (New York, NY): 8, 15 Jun. 1855, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-wonderful-discovery/153798229/ 
• "A NEW LIGHT FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.", Hornellsville Weekly Tribune (Hornellsville, NY): 1, 19 Jul. 1855, https://www.newspapers.com/article/hornellsville-weekly-tribune-a-new-light/153798164/ 
• "LIGHT.— The New Invention in the Manufacture of GAS from DECOMPOSITION OF WATER, ETC., by Dr. L. P. TAYLOR, Clairvoyant Physician, of Cleveland, Ohio", The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH): 3, 8 May 1856, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-leader-light-the-new-in/153798084/ 
• "THE NEW LIGHT.", The Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH): 3, 9 May 1856, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cleveland-leader-the-new-light/153798108/ 

1870s

• "The Man with Six Wives. An Old Celebrity Heard From — The Whereabouts of the Eminent Bigamist 'Dr. Whistlewind' — A Sketch of His Matrimonial Ventures.", St. Joseph Valley Register (South Bend, IN): 1, 16 Feb. 1871, https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-joseph-valley-register-the-man-with/153799476/ 
• "BOWEN ECLIPSED. A Man With Six Wives.", The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cleveland, OH): 3, 31 Mar. 1871, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-bowen-eclipsed/153799331/