Marcel Vogel

Marcel Vogel
Born	April 14, 1917(1917-04-14) San Francisco, California
Died	1991 San Jose, California
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Chemistry Physics
Institutions	Vogel Luminescence IBM
Known for	Luminescence Liquid crystal system Magnetics

Marcel Joseph Vogel (1917–1991) was a research scientist working at the IBM San Jose Advanced Systems Development Division Los Gatos Lab (actually located in San Jose) for some 27 years. He is sometimes referred to as Dr. Vogel, this title was an honorary doctoral degree, Ph.D..

It is claimed that Vogel started his research into luminescence while he was still in his teens. This research eventually led him to publish his thesis, Luminescence in Liquids and Solids and Their Practical Application, in collaboration with Chicago University's Dr. Peter Pringsheim in 1943.

Two years after the publication, Vogel incorporated his own company, Vogel Luminescence, in San Francisco. For the next decade the firm developed a variety of new products: fluorescent crayons, tags for insecticides, a black light inspection kit to determine the secret trackways of rodents in cellars from their urine and the psychedelic colors popular in "new age" posters. In 1957, Vogel Luminescence was sold to Ultra Violet Products and Vogel joined IBM as a full-time research scientist.

He received numerous patents^{[citation needed]} for his inventions. Among these was the magnetic coating for the 24” hard disk drive systems still in use. His areas of expertise, besides luminescence, were phosphor technology, magnetics and liquid crystal systems.

He also designed the vogel crystal, which allegedly focuses "universal life force" by concentrating it to a higher level. Vogel crystals are cut to the exact angle of 51 degrees 51 minutes and 51 seconds, the exact angle of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The crystal is designed after the geometry of the Tree of Life symbol. Its design is said to have come to him in a dream (See pyramid power).

Vogel examined a metal sample which was allegedly given to Billy Meier by extraterrestrials and marveled at its unusual properties (Vogel stated it contained the element thulium)^{[citation needed]}; however, it is worthwhile to note that Vogel was a chemist rather than a metallurgist.

Vogel was featured in the first episode of In Search Of hosted by Leonard Nimoy, called "Other Voices". He gave his theories regarding the possibility of communication between plants.^[1]

References

• The Secret Life of Plants, by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0-06-091587-0
• Spaceships of the Pleiades: The Billy Meier Story, by Kal K. Korff, Prometheus Books, ISBN 0-87975-959-3
• http://www.1PerfectCrystal.com

1. ^ Confusion between thallium and thulium

External links

• Vogel Crystals

Persondata
Name	Vogel, Marcel
Alternative names
Short description	American chemist, physicist
Date of birth	April 14, 1917
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Date of death	1991
Place of death	San Jose, California