Bovis scale
The Bovis-scale (Bovis-units) is used by radiestesists to describe the "strength" of a presumed "subtle energy" or "life energy". This unit is scientifically not accepted and has a pseudoscientific character.
The inventor of the Bovis-scale, A. Bovis
The origins of the term "Bovis" is unclear. According to different sources the Bovis-scale is named after a French alleged physicist, radiestesist, inventor and tinkerer Bovis. His first name is referred as Anton[1], Antoine[2][3] André Bovis aus Nizza[4] or Alfred[5], and his bith date is the 12th of january 1871 in Nice (France). His death occured the day november, 13 1947.
The szech radio-technician an pseudo-scientist Karel Drbal asserts in his book The Struggle for the Pyramid Patent,[6], that the inventor of the Bovis-scale would be Antoine Bovis, who allegedly had a hard-ware store and made private radiestetic studies and worked on a esoteric pyramide-energy. On the website "Sceptic.com" a Antoine Bovis is also mentioned.
references
- ↑ http://www.energynics.com/bovis-scale.shtml
- ↑ http://www.jenskleemann.de/wissen.php4?p=b/bo/bovis.html
- ↑ http://www.skeptic.com/junior_skeptic/issue23/translation_Bovis.html
- ↑ http://www.conscienceverte.fr/la-regle-de-bovis-%28premiere-partie%29-2-168.html
- ↑ http://www.magic-places.ch/Boviseinh.html
- ↑ Drbal, Karel: The Struggle for the Pyramid Patent. Warner Destiny, 1976)