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Sayers, James, 1912-1993 (Northern Irish physicist)

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Dates

  • Existence: 2 September 1912 - 13 March 1993

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence with Edward Appleton, 1952, 1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.297
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with Edward Appleton, dated 1952 and 1958. It relates to Appleton's research at Edinburgh on recombination and negative ions. The material consists of correspondence from D.R. Bates, including research notes; K.G. Emeleus; H.S.W. Massey; W.R. Piggott; J.A. Ratcliffe; J. Sayers, including a research communication; and one letter from K. Bibi, dated 1958. These items are in Appleton's original folder labelled 'Recombination. Theory'.

Dates: 1952, 1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment

Notes and research ideas by Edward Appleton, c. 1930-1939

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.422
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The material consists of notes and research ideas by Edward Appleton, mostly from the 1930s. It includes collaborative papers by Appleton and James Sayers 'Recombination in the ionosphere', dated 1938, and by Appleton and R. Naismith, 'Solar radiation changes during the sunspot cycle', also dated 1938.

Dates: c. 1930-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / Sunspots and Solar Activity 'Solar Cycle Variation E and F1

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