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Colonel Fabyan was a patron of obscure sciences, and references to his "Riverbank laboratories" exist as early as 1916. [5] In 1913, Fabyan hired Wallace Clement Sabine to help tune an acoustical levitation machine built according to specifications decoded from a Sir Francis Bacon work. Sabine ultimately convinced the colonel that the machine ...
Fabyan supported the Baconian theory, which was popular at the time, that Shakespeare's plays were written by Francis Bacon. He established a cryptologic research group to study alleged ciphers in Shakespeare's work. [1] [6] Known as Riverbank Laboratories, it was the first privately owned research facility in the United States. [7]
Fabyan Villa was the home of George and Nelle Fabyan from c. 1908 to 1939. The house is notable because of its remodelling in 1907 by Frank Lloyd Wright . It was the centerpiece of the Fabyans country estate, which they named Riverbank.
Elizebeth Smith began working at Riverbank Laboratories in Geneva, Illinois, in 1916. It was one of the first facilities in the U.S. established to study cryptography. [9]: 371 Colonel George Fabyan, a wealthy textile merchant, owned Riverbank Laboratories and was interested in Shakespeare.
From December 2011 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Nancy McKinstry joined the board, and sold them when she left, you would have a 20.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a 13.6 percent return from the S&P 500.
Inscription by William Friedman in the Marshall Library’s copy of the Riverbank Publications 15-22. [1] The Riverbank Publications is a series of pamphlets written by the people who worked for millionaire George Fabyan in the multi-discipline research facility he built in the early 20th century near Chicago. They were published by Fabyan ...
Sewer rates in Riverbank would go as high as $109 a month by 2027 under a plan that got initial approval Tuesday night. The City Council voted 5-0 to launch a public-input process that will end ...
Riverbank Acoustical Laboratories is a NVLAP accredited acoustical testing agency founded by Wallace Clement Sabine in 1918. The acoustical laboratory building was funded and built by Colonel George Fabyan on his vast Riverbank Estate in Geneva, IL.