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3 notes for lectures and an address by Edward Appleton, October 1950-November 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.44
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3 notes for lectures and an address by Edward Appleton. The material consists of a speech to the S.S.C. (Solicitors before the Supreme Courts) Society, October 1950, 4 pages, typescript; address to General Council, University of Edinburgh, October 1950, 24 pages, typescript; and speech at reception for Overseas Students, November 1950, 5 pages, typescript.

Dates: October 1950-November 1950

3 notes for speech and 2 broadcast talks by Edward Appleton, April 1957-June 1957

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.53
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The material consists of 'Science and Industry', a broadcast talk for schools on the Scottish Home Service, April 1957, 9 pages, typescript and manuscript; Speech at unveiling of Syme-Lister plaque, June 1957, 3 pages, typescript; and 'The International Geophysical Year', a talk broadcast on the B.B.C. Home Service, June 1957, 3 pages, typescript.

Dates: April 1957-June 1957

3 notes for speech and articles by Edward Appleton, August 1957-November 1957

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.54
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The material consists of Edward Appleton's notes for Speech at U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] meeting in America, August 1957, 7 pages, typescript; 'Science and the Satellite', October 1957, 6 pages, typescript and manuscript; and 'The Significance of the Satellite', an article for the Edinburgh Evening News, November 1957, 5 pages typescript.

Dates: August 1957-November 1957

3 notes for speeches and an address by Edward Appleton, May 1955-July 1955

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.49
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3 notes for speeches and an address by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Dinner Speech, May 1945, 7 pages, typescript; Speech at Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, June 1955; and 'The University and the Community', Opening Address, Section D, Conference of University Rectors and Vice-Chancellors, July 1955, 13 pages, typescript.

Dates: May 1955-July 1955

3 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton, February 1956-September 1956

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.51
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3 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton. The material consists of inner speech for Commerce Graduates, February 1956, 5 pages, typescript; Dinner speech at Pipe Band Contest, May 1956, 6 pages, typescript; and ‘Some Developments in Radio Science’, a slide lecture to Royal Society of Engineers in Antwerp, September 1956, 14 pages, typescript.

Dates: February 1956-September 1956

3 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, April 1950-August 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.43
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3 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton. The material consists of speech to Conference of Registrars, April 1950, 11 pages, typescript (some pages missing); speech at lunch for André Siegfried, May 1950; 4 pages, typescript; and speech to P. E. N. Club, August 1950, 8 pages, typescript and manuscript.

Dates: April 1950-August 1950

3 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, October 1956-December 1956

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.52
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The material consists of Speech for Soviet Cultural Delegation, October 1956, 3 pages, typescript; Speech at dinner for French Institute, December 1956, 5 pages, typescript; and Speech for Graduation Ceremony, 7 pages typescript.

Dates: October 1956-December 1956

3 notes for talks and addresses by Edward Appleton, c. 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.31
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3 notes for talks and addresses by Edward Appleton. The material consists of 'Recent advances in radio research', a 2 page note of a talk to the Royal Dublin Society, c.1947; 'Research in the Midlands', the opening address at F.B.I. [Federation of British Industries] Conference, Birmingham, March 1947, 15 pages typescript and manuscript; 'Peace-time applications of nuclear energy', Appleton’s opening remarks at the British Association discussion, August 1947.

Dates: c. 1947

3 notes for talks and lectures by Edward Appleton, c. 1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.34
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3 notes for talks and lectures by Edward Appleton. The material consists of 'The Scientist in Industry', manuscript and typescript drafts, notes, etc., some dated February 1948; ‘British Science in War and Peace', a 31 page typescript for a slide lecture to Bradford Civic Society, May 1948; and ‘Science and the Public’, a 30 page typescript talk, no date, c.1948.

Dates: c. 1948

3 notes for talks by Edward Appleton, March 1953-June 1953

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.47
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The material consists of background information for Edward Appleton's Presidential Address to the British Association, March 1953; 'The scientific method', a BBC talk to schools, April 1953, 10 pages, typescript; and Speech to Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, June 1953, 6 pages, typescript;

Dates: March 1953-June 1953

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