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4 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton, c. 1925-1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.207
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The material consists of 4 draft notes by Edward Appleton: ‘The effect of the earth's magnetic field in the case of long-wave reflection', 1 page; 'Resume of results', 1 page; ‘Notes on the Reflection Coefficient’, 2 pages; and ‘Discussion of Results’, 3 pages for section 6 of a paper, on downcoming waves, no date, c. 1925-1943.

Dates: c. 1925-1943

4. Hands are washed and dried and pack is snapped open along indicated line, 1969

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Identifier: P/PG57/4
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B/w photograph of a nursing opening a medium dressing pack. Photograph released in conjunction with the press conference regarding the Procedure Pack Service. Photograph glued to accompanying press release containing caption.

Dates: 1969

4 notes and drafts by Edward Appleton, 1941 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.19
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The material consists of: 'Scientific research and industrial progress', a typescript draft for article in Country Life Export Number, Autumn 1941; 'Science and illumination', a note for broadcasting, no date; 'Seeing the invisible', a 2 page note on the electron microscope; and 3 pages of manuscript notes for a school prize giving.

Dates: 1941 and no date

4 notes by Edward Appleton, 1946 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.29
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4 notes by Edward Appleton. The material consists of ‘Organisation of government science in the United Kingdom', this was Edward Appleton's contribution to the Empire Scientific Conference, June 1946, 14 pages typescript and manuscript; a 4 page typescript note on technical information services, 'Practical Importance of Fundamental Research', a 5 page typescript lecture; and a 4 page speech to the baking industry.

Dates: 1946 and no date

4 notes by Edward Appleton for speeches, talks or broadcasts , 1943 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.20
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The material consists of the following notes by Edward Appleton: a speech given at the opening of laboratories of the British Cast Iron Research Association, 3 pages, dated 1943; a speech given at a meeting of the Architectural Institute, 4 pages, no date; a draft for a broadcast talk on science and industry, 6 pages, no date; and 1 page of notes for a talk on ‘Science and Government'.

Dates: 1943 and no date

4 notes for lectures and publications by Edward Appleton, c. 1960

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.60
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4 notes for lectures and publications by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Address to Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, January 1961, 7 pages, typescript; ‘Science and Space’, Lecture to Edinburgh Schools Scientific Society. 23 pages, typescript; notes on Artificial Aurorae, space exploration, etc., no date, 3 pages, manuscript; and a foreword to a handbook for the Edinburgh University Industrial Liaison Committee, no date, 3 pages typescript and manuscript;

Dates: c. 1960

4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton, January 1950-March 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.42
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4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton. The material consists of a speech at Valedictory Dinner to Members of Parliament, Scottish Universities Constituency, January 1950, 6 pages, typescript; toast to 'The City of Edinburgh', Walter Scott Club, January 1950, 4 page typescript; chairman's remarks at University Industrial Liaison Committee Symposium, March 1950, 5 pages, typescript; and speech at Institute of Brewing Dinner, March 1950, 9 pages, typescript.

Dates: January 1950-March 1950

4 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton, c. 1963-1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.61
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4 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Prize-giving speech given at the Usher Hall, July 1963, 7 pages, typescript; Speech at the opening of Napier Technical College, February 1965, 10 pages typescript; Speech at the opening of Wind Tunnel, Edinburgh, March 1965, 7 pages, typescript; and notes for Graham Clark Lecture, no date, c.1964, 1 page, manuscript.

Dates: c. 1963-1965

4 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, January 1954-October 1954

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.48
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4 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, the material consists of Speech at Graduation of Earl and Countess Mountbatten, January 1954, 3 pages, typescript; speech for Honorary Graduands, July 1954, 13 pages of typescript; Speech at opening of Symposium on 'The Upper Atmosphere', July 1954; and speech to graduates, October 1954, 7 pages, typescript.

Dates: January 1954-October 1954

4 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, September 1958-July 1959

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.56
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The material consists of Speech at British Council Summer School for Russians, July 1959; 'Science and the Humanities', Appleton’s Address at Special Convocation, Dalhousie University, September 1958; Speech at Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Glasgow, October 1958, 4 pages, typescript; and Speech at Graduation Ceremony, October 1958, 5 pages, typescript.

Dates: September 1958-July 1959

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Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 795
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 631
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 343
Pollock, Martin Rivers, 1914-1999 (professor of biology, University of Edinburgh) 306
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D'Almaine & Co (1834-1867) (Music publisher) 24
British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-:) (radio and television broadcasters) 20
Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) 19
Black, John, fl1728-1766 (father of Joseph Black) 17
Black, George, fl1795-1801 (nephew of Joseph Black) 16
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 1712-1780 (3rd Baronet of Goodtrees and 7th Baronet of Coltness | economist | husband of Lady Frances Steuart (1722-1789)) 14
Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger) 13
Denham, Sir James Steuart, 1744-1839 (4th baronet of Goodtrees and 8th baronet of Coltness | British Army Officer) 12
Rackstraw, Marjorie, 1888-1981 (educationalist and social worker) 12
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Wilson, Patrick, 1743-1811 (astronomer) 12
Alexander, George Lionel, 1902-1970 (Scottish born surgeon) 11
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 11
King, Pravina, fl 1990s-2010s (administrator of the Centre for African Studies, University of Edinburgh, and organiser of Scotland Africa '97) 11
Tod, Richard, fl 1901-1917 (Children's book illustrator and author) 11
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, 1810-1876 (organist and composer) 11
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Tod, Alison Douglas, fl 1940-1949 (Children's book illustrator and author) 10
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 9
De Secondat, Charles Louis, 1689-1755 (known as Montesquieu | French philosopher) 9
Black, Thomas, fl1792-1798 (brother of Joseph Black) 8
Cairns, Hugh, 1896-1952 (Australian neurosurgeon) 8
Dashkova, Princess Catherine, 1743-1810 (President of the Russian Academy) 8
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (historian, philosopher) 8
Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808 (physician) 7
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 (French chemist) 7
Crell, Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von, 1744-1816 (German chemist) 6
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 6
MacPherson, James, 1736-1796 ('Ossian MacPherson' | writer) 6
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 6
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 6
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) 6
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 6
Steuart, Elizabeth, d 1803 (Sister of James Steuart Denham (1712-1780)) 6
Symonds, Charles Putnam, 1890-1978 (English neurologist) 6
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Boughton, Alice, 1866-1943 (Photographer) 5
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Harris, Phillip, 1922-2013 (Scottish Neurosurgeon) 5
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Lovell, Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913-2012 (English radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes) 5
Lyell, Katharine Murray, 1817-1915 (nee Horner) 5
Masson Hall (1897-) 5
Rungiah, fl 1800-1899 (Indian botanical illustrator) 5
Steuart, Sir James, 1635-1713 (Lord Advocate of Scotland) 5
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Arbuthnot, Robert, fl1783 (secretary to the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland) 4
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Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976 (American-Canadian Neurosurgeon) 3
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