George de la Warr
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George de la Warr was born in the North of England, and in later life became a civil engineer
in the pay of Oxfordshire County Council
. In 1953 he resigned from this post to work on the controversial field of radionics
, in which he was a pioneer.
de la Warr claimed to have invented a camera that could detect and cure diseases by remote control. In June 1960, he was sued in the High Court
by Catherine Phillips, a disgruntled former customer who said that her health had been ruined by using the Delawarr Diagnostic Instrument. In particular, she said that the box could not possibly have the benefits that de la Warr claimed for it. de la Warr said that his device operated above the physical plane, and the box was only used as a focus for thought. 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.
He founded in Oxford the De La Warr Laboratories where he did his research and built many radionic devices. The De La Warr Laboratories closed in 1987. The radionic artifacts, including the original De La Warr Camera, have unknown whereabouts.
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
in the pay of Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council, established in 1889, is the county council, or upper-tier local authority, for the non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire, in the South East of England, an elected body responsible for the most strategic local government services in the county.-History:County Councils...
. In 1953 he resigned from this post to work on the controversial field of radionics
Radionics
Radionics is the use of blood, hair, a signature, or other substances unique to the person as a focus to supposedly heal a patient from afar. The concept behind radionics originated in the early 1900s with Albert Abrams , who became a millionaire by leasing radionic machines which he designed...
, in which he was a pioneer.
de la Warr claimed to have invented a camera that could detect and cure diseases by remote control. In June 1960, he was sued in the High Court
High Court of Justice
The High Court of Justice is, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
by Catherine Phillips, a disgruntled former customer who said that her health had been ruined by using the Delawarr Diagnostic Instrument. In particular, she said that the box could not possibly have the benefits that de la Warr claimed for it. de la Warr said that his device operated above the physical plane, and the box was only used as a focus for thought. 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.
He founded in Oxford the De La Warr Laboratories where he did his research and built many radionic devices. The De La Warr Laboratories closed in 1987. The radionic artifacts, including the original De La Warr Camera, have unknown whereabouts.
Patents
- French patent number 1,084,318 - "Perfectionnements à la recherche d'une radiation fondamentale"
- UK patent number 741,651 - "Therapeutic apparatus"
- UK patent number 761,976 - "Therapeutic apparatus"
Further reading
- George de la Warr, Langston Day, New worlds beyond the atom
- George de la Warr, Langston Day, Matter in the making
- Obituary, The Times, 2 April 1969, p12