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Beynon, William John Granville, Sir, 1914-1996 (Welsh Physicist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 24 May 1914 - 11 March 1996

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

P. Lejay: Study of the ionosphere at Shanghai, 1940

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.4
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a report P. Lejay: Study of the ionosphere at Shanghai, translated from the French in English and with comments by WJG Beynon and WR Piggott, dated 1940.

Dates: 1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

Papers and drafts by Edward Appleton on the E layer, c. 1964-1966

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.64
Scope and Contents Papers and drafts by Edward Appleton on the E layer. The material consists of 'On Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Anomalies in the E Layer', 7 page typescript for a paper; ‘A Further Note on the E Layer Seasonal Anomaly', 3 pages of manuscript notes, dated March 1965 (These notes are reproduced in facsimile in the Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics article from 1971); notes introducing the Gifford Lecture, April 1965, 3 pages, manuscript; and ‘Some Radio...
Dates: c. 1964-1966
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications / 'Appleton's last note on the E-region anomaly'

'The application of ionospheric data to radio communication problems III', c. 1940-1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.37
Scope and Contents 'The application of ionospheric data to radio communication problems III'. The material consists of two versions of a paper with this title: a first version containing the names of Edward Appleton, W.J.G. Beynon and W.R. Piggott, and consists of 'Part (I) Theoretical', 22 pages typescript, no date; and a second version with the names of Appleton and Beynon only and contains part (I) (with some manuscript amendments) and also 'Part (2) Some experimental results and their application', no...
Dates: c. 1940-1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications

'The E Layer of the Ionosphere', c. 1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.50
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a 5 page, heavily corrected manuscript draft of an article for International Dictionary of Geophysics, unfinished at Appleton's death in 1965 and subsequently completed and edited by William John Granville Beynon.

Dates: c. 1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / E layer / Drafts for papers and research notes on collaborative work by Edward Appleton on E layer with A. J. Lyon and A. G. Pritchard

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