Rhode Island Scientific Research Association
From Kook Science
The Rhode Island Scientific Research Association was a Providence-based corporation formed in 1912 by Orville L. Leach and others, with the stated purpose of "investigation, discovery, elucidation, and dissemination of science, for the protection, welfare and advancement of humanity." Leach's paper A New Discovery Which is the Key of the Universe (1913) was printed with the note that it was "prepared for and read Jan. 5 before the Rhode Island Scientific Research Association Incorporated," with David S. Fraser (of Fraser Bros. Co., a local coffee and tea concern) listed as president, and Dr. Asa A. Allen as vice-president; while the paper Discovery of the Nature of Electricity lists Leach as the Secretary.
Notes
- Acts and Resolves passed by the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, At the January Session, A.D. 1913., Office of the Secretary of State, 1913, p. 469, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858021150416&view=1up&seq=567
Issued Feb. 28, 1912.
STATE of RHODE ISLAND, &c.I, J. Fred Parker, secretary of state, hereby certify that Orville L. Leach, Asa A. Allen, David S. Fraser, John J. Butler, Jeremiah Sweeney and Thomas Maguire, have filed in the office of the secretary of state, according to law, their agreement to form a corporation, under the name of Rhode Island Scientific Research Association, for the purpose of the investigation, discovery, elucidation, and dissemination of science, for the protection, welfare and advancement of humanity, in accordance with law; and have also filed the certificate of the general treasurer that they have paid into the general treasury of the state the fee required by law.
Selected Publications
- Leach, Orville Livingston (1913), A New Discovery Which is the Key of the Universe, Auburn, R.I.: Rhode Island Scientific Research Association, https://archive.org/details/newdiscoverywhic00leac
- Leach, Orville Livingston, 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