Orville Livingston Leach
From Kook Science
| Orville Livingston Leach | |
|---|---|
| Born | Orville Livingston Leach 13 March 1859 [1] Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts |
| Died | 31 December 1921 (62) Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Burial | North Burial Ground, Providence, R.I. |
| Workplace(s) | Emery Tire Company |
| Affiliations | Order of Emorians; Rhode Island Scientific Research Association; The King's Order of Natural Science |
| Spouse(s) | Theresa Walsh (m. 1886) |
Orville Livingston Leach (March 13, 1859 - December 31, 1921) was an American patent medicine vendor, inventor (with patents for vehicle tires, batteries, and a medicinal electrode), entrepreneur, and property owner (including Emery Park in Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island), as well as being a public advocate for certain unusual theories, including the hollow earth hypothesis.
Selected Bibliography
- Leach, Orville Livingston (1913), A New Discovery Which is the Key of the Universe, Auburn, R.I., https://archive.org/details/newdiscoverywhic00leac
- Leach, Orville Livingston (191?), Discovery of the Nature of Electricity by the Founder of the New Scientific System Called the Lechonian Philosophy, Providence, R.I.: Rhode Island Scientific Research Association, https://archive.org/details/discoveryofnatur00rhod
- Leach, Orville Livingston (1920), The White Spark: A New Book, Giving Out a New Philosophy and the Mysteries of the Universe; The Handbook of the Millennium and the New Dispensation, Providence, R.I.: Printed by the Oxford Press, https://archive.org/details/whitespark00leac
Reading
- Haden, David (2013-09-23), Orville Livingston Leach (1859-1921), tentaclii.wordpress.com, https://tentaclii.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/orville-livingston-leach-1859-1921/
Press Coverage
- "EARTH HOLLOW. Professor Revives Old Theory of Entrance at Poles.", New Enterprise (Madison, Fla.): 6, 1908-06-04, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn95047178/1908-06-04/ed-1/seq-6/ — copy of a 1907 article, first published in the New York World. The original article is the source of Leach's quote in Emerson's The Smoky God (1908).
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