Talk:Coppy Laws

C A 'Coppy' Laws inventor of Ioniser

The references are from the Pat Williams obituary on Coppy Laws in the Independent 2002. At the moment this is only searchable through pay sites. The author sent me her original article so I am quoting from that. I can get a scan of the printed article and upload it maybe? The Elanra claims which were ridiculed by Ben Goldacre in the Guardian can be mentioned in that context. They may or may not be true but it is a controversy and not promotion of a commercial device. The device in question is no longer made any way. The Medion ioniser in the picture is historic and no longer a commercial product. The Google books reference can be replaced by a PDF of the same thing which is uploaded somewhere I just have to find it. The Japanese electronics giant Sharp seems to have inherited this technology and changed it and is funding the research, so that needs to be mentioned --Wool Bridge (talk) 10:15, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

OK, need a full ref for the obituary in the Independent: date, page #s, newspaper location (city...) rather than uploading the article due to copyright problems.

The "Elanra claims" - ref to Goldacre's Guardian article (full reference).

Yes, a link to a pdf file is far better than a google books link.

Need a WP:RS for the Japanese work re: the technology.

Also the "Life and work" section needs a redo to separate personal details from professional accomplishments. Vsmith (talk) 12:39, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

U boats

How was the air inside U boats ionised, and how did this inspire the invention of the ioniser?

If it was an accidental effect of electrical equipment inside the boat, wouldn't that same effect be found in UK and US submarines too?

If U boats were fitted with ionisers for health, doesn't that mean that the ioniser had already been invented? Andy Dingley (talk) 08:49, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Coppy Laws invented the modern domestic ioniser. The U-Boats were using Chizhevsky's chandelier. Alexander Chizhevsky is the inventor of the first air ioniser and the discoverer of the air ionisation process. I asked that Chizhevsky be credited on the Air Ioniser page but it was ignored. [[1]] https://wariscrime.com/new/how-the-sun-affects-our-minds/ --Wool Bridge (talk) 19:59, 23 October 2019 (UTC)