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| nationality = American (born in Canada)
| fields = Biomagnetics, magnetism
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Albert Roy Davis was born 1915 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, but immigrated to U.S. in 1922. He was naturalized in 1936, when he attended the University of Florida, and became the first scientist to discover that there are two separate and distinct energies of magnetism with opposite effects. He founded and become director of the Albert Roy Davis Aerial Phenomena Research Association Laboratory in Green Cove Springs, Florida. He was the recipient of a number of honorary doctor degrees in science and acknowledged for his work serving humanity through biomagnetics and introducing biomagnetic sciences to scientists and doctors. <b>EDUCATION</b>
'''Albert Roy Davis''' (June 18, 1915 – August 1, 1984) was a Canadian-born American researcher and self-described magnetic scientist who is regarded as a founder of the field he called '''biomagnetics''' — the study of the biological effects of magnetic fields. He is best known for his claim, first advanced in 1936, that magnetism consists of two separate and distinct energies with opposite effects, and for a series of books on the subject co-authored with [[Walter C. Rawls|Walter C. Rawls, Jr.]] Davis's ideas about the differing biological effects of magnetic poles fall outside mainstream physics and medicine.


* Attended University of Florida, 1936.
==Biography==
* Studied under Dr. B. E. Roessling (D. Sc., Ph. D.), University of Berlin, 1934-1937.
Davis was born on June 18, 1915, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and immigrated to the United States in 1922. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1936. According to his own account, he attended the University of Florida and studied physics, electronics, and the behavioral sciences under a number of instructors in the United States and Europe during the 1930s.
* Studied under Dr. William Campbell, University of Cambridge, 1936-1937.
* Studied anthropological behavior under Dr. Robert M. Yerkes, Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology, later named the Yerkes Laboratory of Primate Biology, in Orange Park, Florida.
* Studied physics and electronics under Dr. Blaesgame, Jacksonville, Florida, 1936-1938.
* Worked and associated with Dr. H. Bingenheimer, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
* The studies listed above with professors/scientists  were conducted in the U.S. and Europe.


<b>PROFESSIONAL</b>
In 1936 Davis established the Albert Roy Davis Research Laboratory in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where he carried out research on the effects of magnetic fields on organic and non-organic systems. He remained director of the laboratory, later associated with the Albert Roy Davis Aerial Phenomena Research Association and the United Science Federation, for the remainder of his career.


* Established Albert Roy Davis Research Laboratory, Green Cove Springs, Florida, 1936, dedicated to research and development of magnetic effects to organic and non-organic systems from my initial discovery of the two separate energies of magnetism.
During the 1940s Davis worked in aeronautical electronics under contract to the Air Transport Command of the U.S. Army Air Force (through National Airlines), and later served in the U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Service, receiving an honorable discharge. He returned to full-time magnetic research after the war.
* Wrote and submitted technical papers in 1946 dealing with the existence and results of thermal emissions (radioactive fallout) as the aftereffect of the atomic bomb. <br />
* Acknowledged by the Atomic Energy Commission. Congressman Charles E. Bennett (Florida) assisted in obtaining this acknowledgement. General King, USMC, and Colonel Tisdale aided in the primary investigations into the existence of prior knowledge of this secondary effect of the atomic bomb. This then advanced the knowledge that I was one of the first non-official scientists to make this condition known and provable.
* Aided in electronic developments, Thomas Edison Laboratories; designed technical instrumentation data for Charles Edison, son of Thomas Edison, 1949. <br />
* Introduced the Science of Biomagnetics (electromagnetic applications) to control and/or relieve human illness and disease in India, 1959.  Instrumental in establishing and training doctors and scientists at Naihati Clinic, West Bengal, India, Dr.  A. K. Bhattacharyya (D.C., Ph. D.) in charge, in the Science of Biomagnetics. Acknowledged by the Prime Minister of India, 1971.


<b>BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS</b>
Davis died on August 1, 1984.


* Authored 375 courses for science projects for youths and adults. These courses have been shipped to many free nations of the world. All rights released, 1969-1970, to RDL Co., scientific publishers, option for continuance open.
==Scientific contributions==
* Author, (co-author, Dr. Bhattacharyya, India), "Magnets and Magnetic Fields", (1969) was on display at Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Davis said that in 1932 he became interested in the effects of a magnet's energies on living creatures, and that in 1936 he concluded that magnetism is composed of two energies rather than one — a claim he considered his central discovery. On this basis he developed what he termed the science of biomagnetics, the application of magnetic and electromagnetic fields to living systems.
* Author, "The Master Course on Biomagnetics", on file with The National Academy of Sciences; the Department of Radiological Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C.
* Co-author, Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System, 1974.
* Co-author, The Magnetic Effect, 1975.
* Co-author, The Rainbow in Your Hands, 1976.
* Co-author, The Magnetic Blueprint of Life, 1979.


<b>MILITARY</b>
Working from his Florida laboratory, Davis reported experiments applying magnetic fields to animals and other biological subjects, and claimed effects on pain, wound healing, and cell biology, including work he described as relating to cancerous versus non-cancerous cells. He also reported the design of instrumentation intended for medical and diagnostic applications of separated magnetic energies. In 1959 he introduced his biomagnetic methods in India, helping to train physicians at the Naihati Clinic in West Bengal under Dr. A. K. Bhattacharyya.


* 1941-1942, employed under contract to Air Transport Command, U.S. Army Air Force, by National Airlines, under supervision of G. T. Baker. Acted as Classified Security, Aeronautical Electronics Engineer, Top Secret Defense Flight IFF, Instruments. Received top clearance; resigned after one year with full release.
Davis said he was granted numerous patents in the United States and more than thirty foreign countries for magnetic and electronic devices developed over his career.
* In 1942-1943 entered the U.S. Coast Guard as Port Security C-1A USCG Port Security Service, received honorable discharge 1946-1947. Under direction of U.S. Navy, authorized by Duval County Board of Education, taught aerodynamics, electronics, flight systems and sciences for year and a half. Resigned to again resume research and re-establish the Albert Roy Davis Research Laboratory, Green Cove Springs, Florida, to pursue effects of magnetic fields.
* Received commendation from Admiral H. E.  Kimmel, U.S. Navy, for services beyond those obtainable from Naval Electronic Services, Washington, D.C.; commendation carried full commission in U.S. Navy Technical Staff, Ltd. Officer.


<b>INVENTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS</b>
The claim that the north and south poles of a magnet produce fundamentally different biological effects, which underlies Davis's work, is not accepted by mainstream science, and magnet therapy is generally regarded by the scientific and medical communities as lacking rigorous supporting evidence.


* Granted numerous patents in U.S. and over 30 foreign countries.
==Books==
* In 1932 became interested in the effects of a magnet's energies on living creatures. Made primary discoveries dealing with the effects on magnetic fields.   Granted license as radio tube tester using transformerless thermosister systems.
With his collaborator Walter C. Rawls, Jr., Davis wrote several books presenting the ideas of biomagnetics to a general and professional audience:
* Developed first thermosister for heat control to electrical switching systems, removing heat from breaking circuits, 1935.
* ''Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System'' (1974)
* Discovered that magnetism is composed of two energies, not one, 1936.    Developed magnetic sweep generators for biological application of magnetic/ electromagnetic energies to animals and living systems, 1936.
* ''The Magnetic Effect'' (1975)
* Developed first anti-static system for car radio reception, 1937.
* ''The Rainbow in Your Hands'' (1976)
* Discovered first method of capturing the aura (combinations of various energies emanating from all animate and inanimate objects) on photographic paper, late 1930's.
* ''The Magnetic Blueprint of Life'' (1979)
* Discovered and developed methods of applying magnetic fields to animals and subjects that then controlled the pain and speeded up wound recovery and healing, 1939-1940.
* Designed and built first ground-to-air landing system, to land first plane to arrive at Green Cove Springs, Florida, Naval Air Station under emergency conditions.
* Designed and built first jeep-to-command post radio system used at Camp Blanding, Florida, for use under emergency conditions.
* Trained and acknowledged in Sabotage and Anti-Sabotage, Espionage and Anti-Espionage, U.S. Coast Guard PSF, 1942-1943. Designed systems for detection methods.
* In 1946 designed, built and operated the first two-way radio system used by the sheriff's office, and proposed for use in all mobile police units. System led to present day two-way radio systems used by police.
* Developed an electronic method of capturing the active vortex spin of the two poles of a magnet by electronic transfer to modern acceptable methods of normal photography, 1960-1961.
* Developed first method of extracting food proteins from natural food grasses, green grasses and removal of fibrous cellulose materials, 1968.
* Developed first kit for detection of dissolved gold in water, earth, sand or rock for student and survey use, 1972.
* Discovered the difference between the cancerous and non-cancerous cell in biological systems after years of effective research on cancer arrest with the first use of separate magnetic energy, over 90% effective, 1956-1974.
* Developed first use of separate magnetic energies to change the physical properties of fluids, airs, waters, gasses, 1960-1974.
* Developed process of improving high conductivity, non-retentive energy transference alloy, 1969-1975.
* Developed medical instrumentations on cardiac control, hypertension control, pancreas control and bladder control, and diagnostic instrumentation all by the application of separate magnetic energy, 1956-1976.


<b>HONORS</b>
He was also credited as author or co-author of ''Magnets and Magnetic Fields'' (1969, with Dr. A. K. Bhattacharyya) and ''The Master Course on Biomagnetics'', and reported authoring hundreds of general-science courses distributed to schools in the United States and abroad.


* Some of a number of honorary degrees; Doctor of Natural Sciences, Tesla-Edison Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, 1963.
==Honors==
* Professor of Natural Sciences, LSF Foundation, Massachusetts, 1962-1963.
Davis reported receiving a number of honorary degrees and awards for his work, including a Doctor of Natural Sciences from the Tesla-Edison Foundation (Boston, 1963), a fellowship in the College of Human Sciences of the University of Montreal, and memberships in the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and The Explorers Club. He stated that he was nominated for a Nobel Prize in medical physics in 1976. Many of these honors are self-reported and have not been independently verified.
* Honorary award from Dr. Van Wagner, Vienna, Dr. of Sciences, for natural science investigations, 1969.
* Professor of Aerodynamic Sciences, Duval County Board of Public Instruction, Florida, 1945-1946
* Ph. D. in physics, State of Florida    Fellow, College of Human Sciences, University of Montreal (F.C.H.S.).
* Nominated to Nobel Committee for Award consideration in Medical Physics in 1976, by Dr. Stefan N. Naydenov to Bengt Gustafsson, Professor, M.D., Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology of Medicine, Stockholm.


<b>ORGANIZATIONS</b>
==External links==
* [http://www.rexresearch.com/davisrawls/davisrawls.htm Albert Roy Davis / Walter Rawls Biomagnetism] at Rex Research
* [https://archive.org/details/magnetism-and-its-effects-on-the-living-system ''Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System''] at the Internet Archive


* The New York Academy of Sciences
[[Category:Scientist|Davis Albert]]
* The Explorers Club
[[Category:Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]
* American Association for Advancement of Science
* Director, Albert Roy Davis Aerial Phenomena Research Association, Green Cove Springs, FL
* United Science Federation, Green Cove Springs, FL
 
[[Category:Scientist]]

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Albert Roy Davis
Albert Roy Davis
Born(1915-06-18)June 18, 1915
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedAugust 1, 1984(1984-08-01) (aged 69)
ResidenceGreen Cove Springs, Florida, United States
NationalityAmerican (born in Canada)
Known forBiological effects of magnetism; the claim that magnetism consists of two distinct energies
Scientific career
FieldsBiomagnetics, magnetism

Albert Roy Davis (June 18, 1915 – August 1, 1984) was a Canadian-born American researcher and self-described magnetic scientist who is regarded as a founder of the field he called biomagnetics — the study of the biological effects of magnetic fields. He is best known for his claim, first advanced in 1936, that magnetism consists of two separate and distinct energies with opposite effects, and for a series of books on the subject co-authored with Walter C. Rawls, Jr. Davis's ideas about the differing biological effects of magnetic poles fall outside mainstream physics and medicine.

Biography

Davis was born on June 18, 1915, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and immigrated to the United States in 1922. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1936. According to his own account, he attended the University of Florida and studied physics, electronics, and the behavioral sciences under a number of instructors in the United States and Europe during the 1930s.

In 1936 Davis established the Albert Roy Davis Research Laboratory in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where he carried out research on the effects of magnetic fields on organic and non-organic systems. He remained director of the laboratory, later associated with the Albert Roy Davis Aerial Phenomena Research Association and the United Science Federation, for the remainder of his career.

During the 1940s Davis worked in aeronautical electronics under contract to the Air Transport Command of the U.S. Army Air Force (through National Airlines), and later served in the U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Service, receiving an honorable discharge. He returned to full-time magnetic research after the war.

Davis died on August 1, 1984.

Scientific contributions

Davis said that in 1932 he became interested in the effects of a magnet's energies on living creatures, and that in 1936 he concluded that magnetism is composed of two energies rather than one — a claim he considered his central discovery. On this basis he developed what he termed the science of biomagnetics, the application of magnetic and electromagnetic fields to living systems.

Working from his Florida laboratory, Davis reported experiments applying magnetic fields to animals and other biological subjects, and claimed effects on pain, wound healing, and cell biology, including work he described as relating to cancerous versus non-cancerous cells. He also reported the design of instrumentation intended for medical and diagnostic applications of separated magnetic energies. In 1959 he introduced his biomagnetic methods in India, helping to train physicians at the Naihati Clinic in West Bengal under Dr. A. K. Bhattacharyya.

Davis said he was granted numerous patents in the United States and more than thirty foreign countries for magnetic and electronic devices developed over his career.

The claim that the north and south poles of a magnet produce fundamentally different biological effects, which underlies Davis's work, is not accepted by mainstream science, and magnet therapy is generally regarded by the scientific and medical communities as lacking rigorous supporting evidence.

Books

With his collaborator Walter C. Rawls, Jr., Davis wrote several books presenting the ideas of biomagnetics to a general and professional audience:

  • Magnetism and Its Effects on the Living System (1974)
  • The Magnetic Effect (1975)
  • The Rainbow in Your Hands (1976)
  • The Magnetic Blueprint of Life (1979)

He was also credited as author or co-author of Magnets and Magnetic Fields (1969, with Dr. A. K. Bhattacharyya) and The Master Course on Biomagnetics, and reported authoring hundreds of general-science courses distributed to schools in the United States and abroad.

Honors

Davis reported receiving a number of honorary degrees and awards for his work, including a Doctor of Natural Sciences from the Tesla-Edison Foundation (Boston, 1963), a fellowship in the College of Human Sciences of the University of Montreal, and memberships in the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and The Explorers Club. He stated that he was nominated for a Nobel Prize in medical physics in 1976. Many of these honors are self-reported and have not been independently verified.

External links

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