George de la Warr (19 Augu August st 1904 1904 – 31 Marc March h Georg Georgee Walte Walterr de la Warr (19 1969) was born in the North the North of England, England, and in later life became a civil a civil engineer in engineer in the pay of Oxfordshire of Oxfordshire County Council.. In 1953 he resigned Council resigned from from this post[1] to work on the controversial field of radionics of radionics,, in which he was a pioneer.
[5] The Times , 24 June 1960, p6 [6] The Times , 19 July 1960, p18
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De la Warr clai claimed med to have have inve invente nted d a came camera ra that that [2] could detect and cure diseases by remote control. In June 1960, he was sued in the High the High Court by Court by Catherine Phillips, a disgruntled former customer who said that her health had been ruined by using the Delawarr Diagnostic Instrument.[3] In particular, she said that the box could not possibly have the benefits that de la Warr claimed for it.[4] de la Warr said that his device operated above the physical plane, and the box was only used as a focus for thought.[5] After ten days of argument, the judge eventually found for de la Warr, though didn't state whether the box did or did not work. [6]
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He foun ounded ded the De La Warr Labora Laborator torie iess in Oxfor Oxford d where he did his research and built many radionic device vices. s. The De La Warr Laborat Laboratori ories es closed closed in 1987. 1987. Most of the radioni radionicc artifacts artifacts have unknown unknown wherewhereabouts abouts.. Howe Howeve ver, r, the radioni radionicc camera camera was given given to Marcel J. Vogel, Vogel, Psychic Psychic Research Inc. in San Jose, California. Vogel and Dan and Dan Willis did Willis did extensive tests and trials with the camera. Unfortunatel Unfortunately, y, Vogel died in 1992. The whereabouts of the camera since then is unknown.
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Frenc French h patent patent number number 1,084,318 1,084,318 - “Perf “Perfecti ectiononnements à la recherche d'une radiation fondamentale” UK patent number 741,651 - “Therapeutic apparatus” UK patent number 761,976 - “Therapeutic apparatus”
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[1] The Times , 25 June 1960, p12 [2] The Times , 9 June 1960, p8 [3] The Times , 21 June 1960, p5 [4] The Times , 23 June 1960, p16
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George de la Warr, Langston Day, New worlds beyond the atom George George de la Warr, Langston Langston Day, Matter in the making Obituary, The Times , 2 April 1969, p12
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