Too Good to be True– The Hubbard Coil
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The Hubbard Coil sounded too good to be true. As it turned out there was a little secret component the inventor neglected to share with the press. This week’s random article about the seemingly magical energy-producing device demonstrated by Alfred M. Hubbard was found in The Monroe Monitor, Sept. 17, 1920: MYSTERIOUS COIL PROVES SUCCESS RUNS AUTOMOBILE ON EVERETT STREETS AND BOAT IN SEATTLE LAKE….