Jerome Meyers

Roy J. Meyers (Roy Jerome Meyers, 18 Aug 1879 – 5 May 1958) is the individual named by the source archive dossier catalogued as "dossier 18 — The absorber" ([source note 3]). The source names him as Roy J. Meyers throughout; the portrait filename JeromeMeyers.jpeg reflects his middle name. He was a self-taught electrician, mechanic, and machinist, serving a 3.5-year sentence in the Arizona penitentiary in 1912, and was granted a 30-day parole to file patents for his atmospheric-electricity device, the "Absorber." He later became known for a 1930s compressed-air car.

What is known

• Born 18 Aug 1879 in Edgewood, Iowa; died 5 May 1958 in Sacramento County, California (per the findagrave material reproduced in the source).
• In 1912, while imprisoned in Arizona, he developed the "Absorber" and was granted a 30-day parole to file patents in Washington DC.
• British Patent GB191301098 (1913), "Improvements in and Relating to Apparatus for Producing Electricity," is attributed to him in the source.
• He was later the most publicised compressed-air car inventor of the 1930s.

What is not established

Whether the Absorber produced usable electricity as claimed is not established by the source; the reported figures (8 V in 1912; 4.5 V in 1914) are the inventor's and press's claims. See Jerome Meyers and 'The Absorber': The source archive Energy Dossier (Provisional Record) for the full record.

Do not conflate with Stanley Meyer

Jerome Meyers is not Stanley Meyer, the claimant of a water-fuel cell. The names are similar and both subjects are energy-related, which makes conflation a real risk. Claims, patents, and results belonging to Stanley Meyer must not be attached to this page, and vice versa.