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Drawn and signed by John Crane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/0edb32ad-22af-4c83-b92b-7c7517a0b140/Diagram+of+ray+path+through+microscope.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Diagram of the path of light rays through the optical components of a Rife microscope. Signed by Royal Rife and John Crane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d542de78-525e-4e01-9f00-45ab14e4fd3f/Microscope+diagram+showin+motion+of+components.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Diagram of a Rife microscope showing motion capability of its components. Signed by Royal Rife and John Crane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/e47ee72b-4305-4e76-82cb-decc218e95ca/Light+beam+path+of+optical+system.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints A diagram of light pathway through a Rife type of microscopic optical system. While there are no parts notations associated with the numbers in this drawing, comparison can be made with the components from the system in the second line above. Signed by Royal Rife and John Crane; the drawing is on vellum paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/3733f4c9-e02d-4dd0-925c-17852bb0aaa9/Drawing+of+condenser+by+Rife.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Technical drawing of a microscope condenser. Unsigned, attributed to Rife by the handwriting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/76ffbbad-7c5d-4804-a8da-4862bc76cd85/Rohr+drawing+1.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Reflector unit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4518d502-af4f-4965-8aeb-3b6614c7919e/Rohr+drawing+6.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Chart for calculating parilax of lens system https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ca8081fc-9497-4f5a-a013-84b084bbb364/Rohr+drawing+11.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Universal focus photographic lens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d47baa68-27d5-4cae-8c5b-40c1d7862151/Diagram+of+ray+path+through+microscope+with+text+clarified.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Diagram of the path of light rays through the optical components of a Rife microscope. Labels of the components are added to the original image to enable easier viewing and analysis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/9a1b5320-90e3-460f-85bf-3eaf4ad1c488/Microscope+diagram+showing+motion+of+components+with+text+clarified.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Diagram of a Rife microscope showing motion capability of its components, with text clarification added to the original image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/0128a182-e5ee-4b2d-abb4-3fd03a1fdc33/Drawing+of+light+path+in+prisms+by+Rife.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints This is a drawing by Royal Rife of light pathways through prisms showing atypical angles. Signed by Rife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/307b86c3-f38f-41c1-9bb2-acd2536fbafd/Drawing+of+prismatic+system+by+Crane.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints A diagram of a prismatic system, showing atypical angles. Drawn and signed by John Crane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f7a999e0-f158-46e6-846a-6ba37a4d165e/Rohr+drawing+2.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Eye piece unit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d75a28df-f98a-462c-aa20-5399cbe46791/Rohr+drawing+7.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Eye piece of measuring scope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/5dc10ee9-0a77-4f74-b3ab-8a20990a10a2/Rohr+drawing+12.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Light passage of dove prism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f280dc93-5fd0-4f78-8706-d11386a6c993/Rife+number+3+microscope+blueprint+light_Crane+1987+drawing.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints In 1987, John Crane created a technical drawing of Rife's #3 Universal 1933 microscope. Due to the condition of the blueprint, we offer light and dark renditions of the drawing. The light one allows some details to show that are obscured by the dark version. The document includes a substantial list of parts on the right side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/1ce74494-1900-4944-b72a-428cec4af5f2/Diagram+of+alternate+light+source.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Diagram of an alternate sub-stage light source, with notes. Signed by Royal Rife and John Crane. On vellum paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/cd3a86ce-2f3c-4e4c-8d16-3f0b54f0efb0/Rohr+drawing+3.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Untitled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/eccfea8e-897f-49d5-b19f-030c90cf62c8/Rohr+drawing+8.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Wide angle apochromatic microscope objective lens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/80367cc6-eadc-402e-be90-d3230285b17a/Rohr+drawing+13.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Compensation of eye-piece for measuring scope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/748ac72c-57ab-4848-a765-8f4c3ee1724f/Rife+number+3+microscope+blueprint+dark_Crane+1987+drawing.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints This darker version of Crane's 1987 drawing allows readability of some numbers and letters that are not visible in the lighter rendition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/883d3bf3-7098-41c3-8935-40f292229f73/Rohr+drawing+4.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Apochromatic photographic and projection lens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/50323865-3a07-4b74-8d1f-e36d68a698ce/Rohr+drawing+9.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Comparison prism assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/85a6b7af-c417-4959-a040-7e38955c488e/Rohr+drawing+14.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Untitled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/daa21238-d97f-4a0a-bb86-52599d758cb5/Rohr+drawing+5.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Chart for calculating preabili of reflector mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/1794c2d9-4882-4e3a-acad-924f1a7f29cc/Rohr+drawing+10.jpg Microscope & Optics Blueprints Apochromatic - microscope objective with compensator https://rife.org/crane-marsh-articles daily 0.75 2021-09-29 https://rife.org/correspondence daily 0.75 2021-11-13 https://rife.org/interviews daily 0.75 2024-01-27 https://rife.org/miscellaneous-documents daily 0.75 2021-10-11 https://rife.org/journal-magazine-articles daily 0.75 2022-04-20 https://rife.org/court-cases daily 0.75 2021-10-10 https://rife.org/rife-era-technology daily 0.75 2023-01-01 https://rife.org/lab-clinical-reports daily 0.75 2021-10-10 https://rife.org/technical-patents daily 0.75 2024-01-19 https://rife.org/microscopes daily 0.75 2022-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/942df1ed-3196-4e25-858f-59999b7a9ded/Rife+with+early+photomicrographic+instrument-date+unknown.jpg Microscopes Rife with early photomicrographic instrument, date unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2324d095-93b7-4e79-a60d-eaa2e709c5b7/No+2+microscope.jpg Microscopes #2 Microscope, 1932. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/a9807714-ea5f-4321-8f3c-b3059cb58ed8/Tetanus+spore+photomicrograph.jpg Microscopes Tetanus spore photomicrograph, from Smithsonian report 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/6e0c0f73-42f6-41f3-b053-9bab351c7836/No+4+microscope.jpg Microscopes Purported #4 Microscope (1935). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/9342f176-ed2f-428b-ba76-cd00b2d7c537/Rife+with+photomicroscope+early+1940s.jpg Microscopes Rife with photomicroscope, probably early 1940s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/25658faa-318b-4ad2-bdd0-bdac4a2654b1/No+5+microscope.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4df2fc31-1c70-4e65-a4df-42e79ecf7b13/No+5+microscope+substage+optical+components.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), substage optical components. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/5b2b06a9-1ed6-4a5e-ba13-c68049f93787/No+3+microscope+slit+ultra+in+position.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), with slit ultra attachment (right) in proper horizontal position for viewing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/52978964-9f95-4c5b-a1a7-0e9d903e367f/Rife+with+Leitz+petrographic+microscope.jpg Microscopes Rife with a special design Leitz petrographic microscope. Used for finding virus colors and their mortal oscillatory rates (MORs), and other uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/58c3f392-af66-4c5d-ad4e-e2228880557d/Lamp+from+no+1+microscope+image.jpg Microscopes Closeup of lamp from #1 horizontal microscope image, rotated to vertical with convex lens facing up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4d5c6af0-ff97-443e-a020-e94b56a8fb3d/No+1+microscope.jpg Microscopes #1 Microscope. Horizontal microscope to the right, photography equipment to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/fbc3a200-da3e-416e-ab32-e1a1a099101d/No+2+type+of+microscope.jpg Microscopes #2 type of microscope, with illumination lamp above table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4cf239b7-3731-41e9-9a3f-ef1662903373/No+3+microscope+frontal+view.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), frontal view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/a29f6d42-da68-4c1b-9275-5f0e824c998b/Typhoid+bacillus+photomicrograph.jpg Microscopes Typhoid bacillus photomicrograph, from Smithsonian report 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/fa57fe67-4165-4440-9fe1-a9d6a0594e92/Rife+with+photomicroscope+circa+1953.jpg Microscopes Rife with photomicroscope, circa 1953. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/3f7fa797-ffb6-4444-a7bd-c6ac69f0639c/No+5+microscope+front+view.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), front view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b01c522b-c985-4958-9d31-530625ca292c/No+5+microscope+barrel+and+optical+components.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), barrel and optical components. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d7607fa0-dc45-45f2-b992-1fb8ece060e9/Microscope+by+Otto+Himmler+Berlin+with+Rife+lamp.jpg Microscopes Microscope By Otto Himmler, Berlin, 190x. Retrofitted with Rife lamp. Owner unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/67a976ed-86a7-46da-a96c-e5188015999d/Lamp+installed+on+Otto+Himmler+microscope.jpg Microscopes Closeup of Rife microscope lamp and power (rheostat) adjustment box installed on Otto Himmler microscope (see full image below). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b3b8466d-92cb-4895-aa81-01025ed6887f/Number+1+microscope+from+Calif+%26+Western+article+Dec+1931.jpg Microscopes #1 Microscope, from California & Western Medicine journal article, Dec. 1931. Photography equipment to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/174c9acd-d05e-4867-9cd6-0bee5aa281f6/No+2+Rife+1932+microscope+from+Bonham+auction.jpg Microscopes #2 Rife 1932 microscope from Bonham auction, with illumination lamp below table. Parts missing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f42de659-8bc2-45f4-a833-a0b5ecd417cb/Chlorophyll+cell+photomicrograph.jpg Microscopes Chlorophyll cell photomicrograph, from Smithsonian report 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/380e7dfa-b587-4234-91fb-2571782a83f7/No+5+microscope+side+view+1.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), side view 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/601d26c6-5f29-4b0d-9add-2fe73d73e85b/No+5+microscope+barrel+and+optical+components+assembled.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), barrel and optical components assembled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/3ce864ac-301a-4e49-8448-44aff5f1164d/No+3+microscope+side+view+1.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), side view 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f010d1ad-3783-4abe-a31a-394358b99c9a/Lamp+from+patent+drawings.jpg Microscopes Closeup of Rife lamp drawing from his 1929 patent, #1727618. See full document at "Technical and Patents" section of website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/285ff72b-145f-4f43-91a6-0549516f3f90/No+2+Rife+1932+microscope+barrel+from+Bonham+auction.jpg Microscopes #2 Rife 1932 microscope barrel from Bonham auction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/75d6b1da-90d9-46db-a7d5-d0c6ef01b2ac/Chlorophyll+cell+photomicrograph+2.jpg Microscopes Chlorophyll cell photomicrograph 2, black & white with faint lab stamp in lower left corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/267e3f7e-a0eb-49d5-871a-23ff18cad74a/Risley+prisms+from+Rife+%233+microscope.jpg Microscopes Two Risley prisms, from the #3 Rife microscope (1933). Each prism has two wedges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ce6ee880-0861-49ed-bed7-398161c85a76/No+5+microscope+side+view+2.jpg Microscopes #5 Microscope (1938), side view 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/175e7fee-8fcb-4dfd-aa58-0362cb1f3668/No+3+microscope+side+view+2.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), side view 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/7594380a-4be3-4d1f-9edb-39418c1ce305/No+1+microscope+enlarged+from+Calif+%26+Western+article+Dec+1931.jpg Microscopes Previous photo from California & Western article, enlarged. Shows Rife's use of objectives as oculars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/94c8fd1e-ae59-4ed0-b556-7904ba8f46cb/Number+1+microscope+with+Rife+and+Kendall+from+Smithsonian+collection.jpg Microscopes Rife & Kendall with #1 Microscope, from Smithsonian collection. Photography equipment removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2eb9c199-7364-4882-9ae2-b0b71c12b0a5/Rife+with+No+2+microscope+in+lab.jpg Microscopes Rife with #2 Microscope in lab setting, from Popular Science February 1932. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/e41e38be-99a2-4dcb-94f8-b2fdd738cf90/Chlorophyll+cell+image+from+Truman+microscope+video.jpg Microscopes Modern comparison of live chlorophyll cell photo, from Truman microscope video (see below). 100x oil immersion objective, with Risley prism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2f0b9f4f-5fd5-4c6c-8a49-ddc0780a2034/Risley+prism+in+holder+from+%234+Rife+microscope.jpg Microscopes Risley single prism in its holder, from #4 Rife microscope (1935). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d6643984-23e0-46f1-aad1-f76d26e1f94b/Horizontal+microscope+picture-Graphic+Magazine+30+Jan+1932.jpg Microscopes Horizontal microscope, from Graphic Magazine article 30 January 1932. Possible transitional model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/0150e228-5b2b-41e6-beca-2abebb046cc5/No+3+microscope+tilted.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), with barrel and some adjusters tilted right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c9dec872-725c-44dc-952c-930bfe4d7bf1/Risley+prism+from+%234+Rife+microscope.jpg Microscopes Risley single prism from #4 Rife microscope (1935), top wedge visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/956aa054-3403-4e6f-8e97-5c066b07fa18/No+3+Microscope+barrel+with+inscription.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933), barrel with inscription. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/919acf08-5e4b-4060-89bd-c324a8b87511/Rife+with+No+3+microscope.jpg Microscopes Rife with #3 Microscope, from Popular Science October 1940. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ee261478-53e1-4823-9a8b-b446ac28eec9/No+3+microscope+partial+dimensions.jpg Microscopes #3 Microscope (1933) partial, showing dimensions. https://rife.org/plasma-ray-devices daily 0.75 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/7311fdad-031e-4d63-9f13-5c623446e1c2/No+3+ray+device+and+accessories.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #3 ray device, showing Kennedy radio equipment & additional components. Some individual radio components are owned by specialty collectors, but the full setups in these photographs are lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/21051dcd-fac3-4eb4-bba3-f22dc0df3a51/No+3+ray+device+with+Piffard+tube+near+bed.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #3 ray device with Piffard tube, near end of bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/a7ca6e84-b1e5-46b7-8b0e-2981411f7089/No+4+ray+device+perhaps+early+model.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #4 ray device. This is possibly an earlier model with fewer adjustment knobs, as compared to the model shown in Rife portion of original 1939 lab film. This device is currently thought to be lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/58eca972-d49a-40af-a718-110c6ac93346/Rife+and+Hoyland+with+No+5+1938+ray+device.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Photograph of Royal Rife and Philip Hoyland with the #5 ray device designed by Hoyland. Dated May 1938. There is no known extant example in existence of this exact model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/76cadb49-50ce-4880-9d23-21238d8c4952/Couche+ray+device.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Photo of a ray device. Ownership has been attributed to Dr. James Couche, but without evidence. Wires from the ray tube plug into the top of the cabinet. This device is currently thought to be lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c04d40fa-8df7-49f5-89c9-e0803eae36d2/Low+device+as+originally+found.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Old ray device as originally found in attic of Mr. Larry Low in 2008. Previously owned by one or more doctors, and stored by Mr. Low for many years. All photos by Alan Luft, and kindly provided by Eric Rowley & Dr. James Bare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/eb507fbd-ecd4-4521-93b7-0c9b65a96fb7/Low+device+filament+switch.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device closeup of filament switch, near lower left corner of cabinet front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4d3bdfb1-ff54-4318-bd18-44c3f39c0a43/Device+photo+in+Low+device.jpg Plasma Ray Devices This is an image of an original photograph found inside of the "Low" device, of a different ray machine. Wires from the ray tube plug into the top of the cabinet. Photos by Alan Luft, and kindly provided by Eric Rowley & Dr. James Bare. This device is currently thought to be lost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ca042f27-26c5-4d14-ba54-06b67954a398/Gruner+schematic+original.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Schematic drawn by Dr. Oskar Gruner (Montreal, Canada) of a plasma ray device, parts of which were sent to him in 1942 by Dr. Milbank Johnson from San Diego. The device had parts added and was reassembled in Canada; it emitted only one audio frequency on a fixed carrier wave. This schematic was sent to John Crane in 1953; some notes added by Crane. Actual device was destroyed, no photos available. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c8f8765f-4b3e-4e73-a912-f52ada19080e/Plasma+device+before+purchase+by+Scoon.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Original photo of plasma ray device as advertised at the old rife.org website. Acquired by the U.K. Rife Research Group in early 2000s, and subsequently analyzed by Aubrey Scoon, after whom the device is named. New dating of its Eico audio frequency generator places it at 1954 or later, and almost certainly built by Verne Thompson. Thompson was a radio engineer that worked with Rife for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/9b5ff665-c0c1-449b-af90-da8ac915274d/Scoon+device+three+dials+on+front+panel.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of the three dials on the front panel of the "Scoon" device. From left to right: bandswitch, audio frequency selection, and modulation strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/a15e4d32-aedd-4933-8c2b-e62331296da3/Scoon+device+back+side.jpg Plasma Ray Devices The back side of the "Scoon" device, showing two levels of electronics. The top level is unfortunately in the shadow of the top of the case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/5c8d94eb-b7f5-4021-bf95-a9f5205e6ffd/Thompson+device+with+tube.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Device built by Verne Thompson about 1954 or shortly thereafter, and likely after the "Scoon" device above. The plasma tube shown in this photo may not be original. Like the "Scoon" device, this design used a Hartley oscillator for a fixed radio carrier frequency (currently unknown), and an Eico model 377 generator for audio sine wave frequencies. All photographs kindly provided by Dr. James Bare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/223f3b97-3527-4b4f-8929-7ad777cf7d8b/Thompson+device+tube+closeup+1.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup #1 of the large plasma tube pictured with the Thompson device, possibly not original for the 1950s dating of this device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/42d559c5-f304-4cea-bf73-22582a8bae72/AZ58-1.JPG Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 1, September 1953. Dating of these devices follows the analysis given in Roger Blain's paper "AZ-58 Revisited" (see the Technical & Patents section of the website for a copy and more details). The image of this model's interior is the only photo currently available. Most of the AZ-58s were designed by Verne Thompson for John Crane's company Allied Industries. This model used a fixed carrier frequency of 4.15 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 50 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 3-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. This model's components were fitted onto a relatively narrow one-level 19" chassis (case). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c7f486ba-9b4e-4096-94b2-6143a31d05cb/AZ58-4+outside+view.JPG Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 4, dated 1957. This device was the model used by Dr. Robert Stafford in Dayton, Ohio. It used a variable carrier frequency of 3.1-3.3 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 50 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 3-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/26194216-1928-4931-b31c-425a782bc9bd/No+3+ray+device+and+accessories+details+enhanced.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #3 ray device, showing Kennedy radio equipment & additional components, details enhanced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/877c82bb-4bc8-4eac-b1fb-8d7d10a04cba/No+4+device+used+in+original+1939+Rife+lab+film.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #4 ray device used in original portion of 1939 Rife laboratory film. Possible later model with more adjustments on the right side of console. There are two large National type NW oscillator dials on the left side of the console. Kennedy radio equipment in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/8c1ecbe3-328d-42a4-8d8a-7635a367318c/Piffard+tube+hanging+over+bed.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Piffard tube hanging over head of bed. The #2 and #3 Rife microscopes are in the background. Dated 1933 or later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2f67e47c-35ff-4c59-9968-8379c4ee35e3/No+5+1938+ray+device+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup view of #5 instrument in previous photograph. Wires from the ray tube plugged into front of cabinet, top right corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/206dc4dd-d742-4968-af7e-5bcdd4d85226/Couche+ray+device+console+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of console of "Couche" ray device. Faintly shows evidence of older prior dial mounting, below & left of center black dial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/046a4daa-6047-4c70-860d-8bc628e50876/Low+device+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of front panel of "Low" device. Shows evidence of previous alterations. Wires to the ray tube would have plugged into the top right front corner of the cabinet, just to the right of the milliampmeter. The device operated with a fixed 3.8 MHz carrier wave generated by a Hartley-style oscillator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/00c5cc1b-27ff-45c5-88e6-d4fbe5b50fc2/Low+device+inside+view.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Inside view of "Low" device's circuitry, as originally found in Mr. Low's attic. Prior-drilled empty holes in the chassis indicate the cabinet housed an earlier design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/dec3a624-401e-4240-a69c-7c1965c064fb/Device+photo+in+Low+device+console.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of the console. Top row, from left to right: likely a milliampmeter; National Co. audio frequency adjustment dial (actual frequencies not indicated); and a modulation depth (strength) meter. Bottom row from left: two apparent 4-position range switching dials; and three switches. Carrier wave frequency for this device is unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/8876ab65-d35a-44de-8d2d-54c1b604a980/Gruner+schematic+redrawn+by+Scoon+%26+Harrison.jpg Plasma Ray Devices A modern copy of the original Gruner schematic as redrawn by Scoon & Harrison in 2002. Notes added by Crane not included. Easier to read due to poor resolution of the original schematic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f82e4111-1251-4926-b5d1-43c9c72f808c/Scoon+device+after+purchase.JPG Plasma Ray Devices "Scoon" device after purchase, set up with a non-original, modern Russian-made Nazarov plasma tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f99d49c6-8728-42e6-972a-cc455b444333/Scoon+device+4-position+band+selection+dial.JPG Plasma Ray Devices This dial has four positions for selecting an audio frequency band (commonly called a "bandswitch"). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/1f2897a0-05f1-4dc4-925c-dcbfde56e1bf/Scoon+device+output+stage.JPG Plasma Ray Devices The radio frequency output portion of the electronics from the "Scoon" device, from the lower level of the case; it used a fixed Hartley oscillator design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d6880223-f240-464d-9f5e-5ed432a5ce4f/Thompson+device+front+of+cabinet+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of front of Thompson device cabinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/8c502f15-95b0-48af-b149-1a42f451ffbb/Thompson+device+tube+closeup+2.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup #2 of the plasma tube, showing a better view of the electrodes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/715ba0f3-067b-47e7-a2f1-8b5cb93f2e64/AZ58-2.JPG Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 2, 1953. This model used a fixed carrier frequency of 4.15 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 50 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 3-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. This and subsequent models used a wider chassis (case) than the model 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b9f73483-dfec-449e-a99d-dce301ed2ecb/AZ58-4+inside+view.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Inside view of AZ-58 model 4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/81f2b977-fd68-422e-92a3-9b8c329c28f3/Piffard+Xray+Tube+Light+Anode.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Piffard xray tube, light anode version. This was the model likely used by Rife. It was regassed with helium, and therefore did not emit xray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/5911874f-daa2-4036-8852-af85906dd1be/No+3+Kennedy+equipment+ray+tube+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices This image is a closeup of the ray tube from the preceding pictures showing the Kennedy radio equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/4a444f00-3d20-4e61-af47-3b813bc420db/No+5+1938+ray+device+tube+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup view of flask-type plasma ray tube from #5 instrument in first photograph. Dated May 1938. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/3ae02c9a-63cf-4ea0-8d8b-9e2ff9605d6b/No+4+device+from+1939+lab+film.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #4 ray device used in original portion of 1939 Rife laboratory film, without Rife in the picture. Possible later model with more adjustments on the right side of console. #3 microscope and ray tube on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2db7ea91-1cb3-44ee-a5db-e802d0be6f46/Scoon+device+front+closeup.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of "Scoon" device, front of cabinet. The device operated with a fixed 3.3 MHz carrier wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/0ec43f48-c743-4aa8-9b3c-358c1ec21298/Scoon+device+audio+modulation+frequency+dial.JPG Plasma Ray Devices This dial adjusted the audio frequency used to modulate a radio carrier frequency. The dial shows setting positions, not the actual frequencies. The user would have needed to know which settings to use for the various disease conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ee86d2d6-292c-43ce-bf6e-00f7bb6467c5/Scoon+device+Eico+audio+oscillator.JPG Plasma Ray Devices This is the audio output section from the top level of the "Scoon" device. It consists of electronics from an Eico 377 audio frequency generator, which were available in kit form beginning in the very early 1950s. This unit contains Eico's later "2-gang" capacitor model, which dates from at least 1954 onward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b494263e-c4bf-4606-876c-22d932ae7e28/Thompson+device+circuitry+full+board.jpg Plasma Ray Devices This image shows the entire circuitry for the Thompson device, most of which is on one board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d1096424-646c-4200-b9d7-771765007f86/AZ58-2+with+tube.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Another view of the AZ-58 model 2, with plasma tube. The tube may not be original for this device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/eb583451-2b17-4069-af3a-02c09aabc5de/AZ58-5.jpg Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 5, 1957. It had variable carrier frequency capability, and was used at 4.68 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 50 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 3-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b555fd70-aa0c-41aa-a137-d631112dfede/No+3+ray+device+on+workbench.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #3 ray device on workbench, with #2 microscope and Piffard tube. Dated 1932 or later. Kennedy radio at left, on back corner of bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/5d91e9a9-bc37-44ae-9176-a82361a5815a/Piffard+tube+old+ad.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Piffard tube, old catalog ad. The tube is made of leaded glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c3edd0d7-60e8-467a-8fa9-50bd5f83e779/No+4+ray+device+from+Crane+portion+of+1939+lab+film.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of #4 ray device, from 2nd Crane section added to original Rife 1939 lab film. Possible later device model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/8009e32e-e4fe-4057-b8b1-663cbc7e3a04/Couche+ray+device+Piffard+tube+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of front end of Piffard ray tube (darkened from heavy use), used with the "Couche" device. The tube gives possible indication of original 1930s-era dating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/b1eaee86-ba7d-4821-a95f-afd778a98bc6/Low+device+circuitry+upper+level+left.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device circuitry closeup, upper level left. Easily visible is RCA Radiotron 809 tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/7956b96a-413b-417a-ad46-23404f981564/Device+photo+in+Low+device+tube+closeup+1.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup #1 of the ray tube shown in previous photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/c53ad3f8-6b50-49c1-bed7-1bbb55f4c8d8/Scoon+device+original+plasma+tube.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of original plasma tube that came with the "Scoon" device. Pyrex white oval is faintly visible at bottom of picture, indicating manufacture from laboratory glassware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/1fda3f70-626d-465d-81f8-e251b619d1f8/Scoon+device+modulation+strength+dial.JPG Plasma Ray Devices This dial adjusted the strength (sometimes called "depth") of the modulation of the audio frequency upon the carrier wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/f1c871be-289b-446d-9253-8660549371c3/Eico+377+silver+face+model+with+2-gang+capacitor.jpg Plasma Ray Devices For comparison to previous photo from the "Scoon" device (turned 180 degrees side-to-side), this is an Eico 377 silver-faced "2-gang" audio frequency generator. This 2nd model dates from at least 1954 onward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/24054342-ea40-495a-bb55-66c6acbfb605/Thompson+device+Eico+audio+oscillator+portion.jpg Plasma Ray Devices A closeup of the Thompson device circuit board showing the Eico 377 audio oscillator portion. Thompson rearranged the components of the kit, as compared to the standard Eico layout (seen "Scoon" device section above). Roger Blain explains that in this particular circuit, Thompson appears to have eliminated a tube associated with square wave production, thus allowing only audio sine waves to be generated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/128dbb27-4351-4b52-862f-d6bf37fb279f/AZ58-5+with+original+tube.jpg Plasma Ray Devices An older photo of the AZ-58 model 5, with probable original plasma tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2b697831-b73f-41ac-8aff-c29899daaaf8/No+3+ray+device+on+workbench+wide+view.jpg Plasma Ray Devices #3 ray device on workbench, wide view. Shows edge of #3 microscope and Piffard tube at far left. Kennedy radio is at left back corner of bench. Dated 1933 or later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2b92f509-5a7d-424a-a0b5-c685a6c4f0f1/Rife+with+No+2+microscope+and+Piffard+tube.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Rife with #2 microscope and Piffard tube (see previous 2 pictures). From Popular Science February 1932. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/63a5c04e-d371-46e4-b2e6-72013e92ce61/Low+device+audio+oscillator+and+bandswitch+dials.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device closeup showing National type N audio oscillator dial (above), and 2-position bandswitch dial (below). Old tuning adjustment dial in the center previously removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/2a337e39-6e22-4805-80c8-fcc2d4c55037/Low+device+circuitry+upper+level+right.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device circuitry closeup, upper level right. Light grey condenser (capacitor) on far right connects to audio oscillator dial at front of device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/54684d26-3623-40c2-9501-872bb4038427/Device+photo+in+Low+device+tube+closeup+2.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup #2 of the ray tube shown in previous photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/0aa55ad4-375f-4a83-9505-5090dc165f14/Scoon+device+modern+Nazarov+tube.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Modern Russian-made Nazarov plasma tube used by Scoon to test and analyze the device. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/fcb053b9-07b6-459e-b3f7-dbabd4933036/Eico+377+early+blue+face+model+with+4-gang+capacitor.jpg Plasma Ray Devices This is the earliest model of the Eico 377 audio frequency generator, dating prior to at least 1954. It contains a "4-gang" capacitor, which does not match the "Scoon" unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/ef115120-0d93-4091-bb05-1c2c4942cdfd/Thompson+device+dials+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of the three dials used for tuning and modulation. The left bandswitch dial positions for audio frequency range are labeled A-D, different than the 1-4 markings on the corresponding "Scoon" device dial. The middle dial adjusts the audio frequency, and the right dial the modulation level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/91ade7f0-5434-4d34-ada0-aef1f40b56f1/Thompson+device+Eico+audio+oscillator+closeup.jpg Plasma Ray Devices A further closeup of the Eico audio oscillator portion of the Thompson device. It shows the 2-gang capacitor, which dates this device 1954 or later (see "Scoon" section above). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/77f94024-8cc4-4ad4-ae35-6787815a16a0/AZ58-3.jpg Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 3, 1953. This image of the interior is the only photo currently available of this model. This model used a fixed carrier frequency of 4.15 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 50 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 3-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/6be08fc0-0e0c-4788-a32c-794004c05a4b/Low+device+amplitude+dial.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device closeup of amplitude dial for adjustment of modulation depth (strength). Above it, the empty round circular location likely held an old "magic eye" for visual confirmation of the correct radio carrier frequency. The RCA magic eye was only manufactured from 1937 through about 1941, and by 1942 had fallen out of favor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/cb038db0-dea1-44d9-ad14-c91319592911/Low+device+circuitry+lower+level.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device circuitry closeup, lower level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/3285adb8-1be6-46c1-843a-1a44c35d8141/Scoon+device+modern+Nazarov+tube+closeup.JPG Plasma Ray Devices Closeup of Nazarov plasma tube used by Scoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d0018325-8c3f-4968-a391-8198e3073e6b/Thompson+device+disease+and+band+setting+list.jpg Plasma Ray Devices This chart lists a number of disease and pathogen names, with the corresponding bandswitch and audio dial settings to be used for each one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/973c1308-9b30-4b02-828d-a771bee1f1d6/AZ58-6.JPG Plasma Ray Devices AZ-58 model 6, 1957. Photo reproduction is poor, but included here as a record. This model had variable carrier frequency capability, and was used at 4.68 MHz produced by a Hartley oscillator. The square wave audio frequency range 16 Hz - 6 kHz was produced with use of a 5-position bandswitch, and the modulation amplitude was not adjustable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/e43a1d5f-79bd-4670-915d-54bb4a3c40cc/Low+device+milliampmeter.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device closeup of Triplett milliampmeter, 0-300 volts D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6120fd6cda3b62095f7499c9/d66c1168-a344-4d3a-a3b0-c967571bfbeb/Low+device+timer+dial.jpg Plasma Ray Devices "Low" device closeup of timer dial and power output switch. https://rife.org/laboratory-pictures daily 0.75 2022-03-12