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Piggott, William Roy, 1914-2008 (Physicist and student of Sir Edward Appleton )

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 18 July 1914 - 20 May 2008

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

1 page typescript note from Edward Appleton to William Roy Piggott on F2 equinox values, 11 January 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.71
Scope and Contents

1 page typescript note from Edward Appleton to William Roy Piggott on F2 equinox values, signed and dated 11 January 1946.

Dates: 11 January 1946

'Conductance Effects in Ionospheric Circuits', 1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.395
Scope and Contents

'Conductance Effects in Ionospheric Circuits'. The material consists of a 5 page draft of a paper by Edward Appleton and W.R. Piggott, with a letter, dated 1948. Also included is a draft paper 'Electric conductivity of the ionospheric D region', 1948, author unknown.

Dates: 1948

Correspondence and data from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, 1939

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.391
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and data from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, dated 1939. The material includes an extensive manuscript report on experiments.

Dates: 1939

Correspondence and data on F2 layer from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.87
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and data on F2 layer from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, dated 1947.

Dates: 1947

Correspondence and papers from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, November 1947-December 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.92
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, dated November-December 1947. The material includes Japanese and German ionospheric research.

Dates: November 1947-December 1947

Correspondence between Edward Appleton and W.R. Piggott, 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.198
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Edward Appleton and W.R. Piggott, dated 1947. The material includes an 11 page draft, ‘Note on the problem of the currents which flow during a sudden ionospheric disturbance’.

Dates: 1947

Correspondence from 1st Viscount Cherwell (F.A. Lindemann) to Edward Appleton, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from 1st Viscount Cherwell (F.A. Lindemann) to Edward Appleton, dated 1945. The material includes comments on a draft paper by Appleton, with manuscript notes by Appleton and W.R. Piggott.

Dates: 1945

Correspondence from H.W. Newton, W.R. Piggott and R.L. Smith-Rose to Edward Appleton, c. 1938-1939

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.425
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence from H.W. Newton to Edward Appleton, dated 1938-1939; from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, no date, c. 1939; and from R.L. Smith-Rose to Edward Appleton, dated 1938.

Dates: c. 1938-1939

Correspondence from Sir Gordon MacMillan, W.R. Piggott and R. L. Smith-Rose to Edward Appleton, October 1949

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Identifier: Coll-37/A.27
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Sir Gordon H. A. MacMillan, W. R. Piggott and R. L. Smith-Rose to Sir Edward Appleton, dated October 1949. The material follows on from Coll-37/A.25 and regards the possible setting up and financing of an ionospheric laboratory in conjunction with Edinburgh research.

Dates: October 1949

Correspondence from T. Penney, W.R.Piggott, B.G. Pressey and G.H. Ramsden to Edward Appleton, 1943, 1946 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.349
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from T. Penney to Edward Appleton, dated 1943, from W.R.Piggott to Edward Appleton, no date and from B.G. Pressey and G.H. Ramsden to Edward Appleton, dated 1946. The correspondence from Ramsden relates to 'hissing phenomenon' observations in 1941.

Dates: 1943, 1946 and no date

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Subject
Physics 40
Correspondence 15
Absorption 4
Radio Broadcasting 2
Atmosphere 1