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4 notes for talks and broadcasts by Edward Appleton, c. 1945 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.24
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The material consists of the following notes for talks and broadcasts by Edward Appleton: 'How radiolocation works', a draft and script of a radio broadcast, dated August 1945; 'Recent radio progress', a 2 page talk on radiolocation, no date; a 2 page untitled talk on wartime advances in science, 1945; and 'British Science in war and peace', a draft, perhaps for broadcast, c. 1945.

Dates: c. 1945 and no date

4 page sequence headed 'Criticism of Martyn and Pulley’, c. 1936

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.57
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4 page sequence headed 'Criticism of Martyn and Pulley’ (a 1936 paper), listing 12 points of comment. The material has some annotations, probably by L. J. Ingram.

Dates: c. 1936

4 versions of 'Reflections on personal experience' , 1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.223
Scope and Contents 4 versions of a lecture by Norman Dott, 'Reflections on personal experience', dated 1964. These talks related to Dott's own career, including personal and professional material, given to various Edinburgh societies, principally the Rotary Club of Edinburgh, August 1964 and the Soroptimist Club of Edinburgh, September 1964. The material consists of 4 versions of the talk, all different or with different manuscript corrections, and brief correspondence with club secretaries regarding the...
Dates: 1964

4th or 5th edition, 1893 - 1896

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Identifier: Coll-60/2/1/3
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4th edition (1893) or 5th edition (1896). Large 8vo copy bound in navy blue cloth with title in gold on front cover and spine.

Dates: 1893 - 1896

5. Disposal bag is placed in position on bedside by self-adhesive squares. Outer cover is dropped into bag., 1969

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Identifier: P/PG57/5
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B/w photograph of a nurse preparing a disposal bag for the Procedure Pack Service. Photograph released in conjunction with the press conference regarding the Procedure Pack Service. Photograph glued to accompanying press release containing caption.

Dates: 1969

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

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.208
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The material consists of 5 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton: Note on Magneto-ionic Theory', 2 pages; 'Note on Splitting of Echos', 1 page; ‘Special case’, 1 page; ‘Field equations’, 3 pages; and ‘Calculation of Magneto-ionic Parameters', 1 page, no date, c. 1925-1943.

Dates: c. 1925-1943

5 June 1979 Meeting

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Identifier: GD1/147/2/11
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Draft of the Committee's report.

Dates: 1975-1984

5 letters to General Sir James Steuart Denham including two letters from William Pitt, Prime Minister and copy of letter from Sir James Steuart Denham to William Pitt in reply, copy of letter from Alleyne Fitz Herbert to Major General Paterson and copy of letter from the Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Lieutenant, to Lord Sydney, 1783-1791

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Scope and Contents 5 letters to General Sir James Steuart Denham, dated 1783-1791, including two letters from William Pitt, Prime Minister, dated 24 September 1789 and 4 April 1791 and copy of letter from Sir Steuart Denham to William Pitt, dated 5 April 1791 in reply, copy of letter from Alleyne Fitz Herbert to Major General Paterson, dated 21 August 1788, copy of letter from the Marquis of Buckingham, Lord Lieutenant, to Lord Sydney, dated 31 October 1788, and a clothing account, dated November 1785. 18...
Dates: 1783-1791

5 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.33
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The material consists of: 'Science, Industry and Government', typescript notes for a speech, no date; Appleton’s speech at the Centenary Celebration of the Chemical Society, 11 pages typescript; speech at the opening of the Building Science Exhibition, 10 pages manuscript and typescript; speech at opening of the Coal Research Laboratories; 5 pages manuscript and typescript; and speech at Tallow Chandlers Dinner, 3 pages manuscript and typescript.

Dates: no date

5 page sequence headed 'Results', no date, c. 1936-1937

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.56
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5 page sequence headed 'Results', listing 9 points for comment and further investigation, no date, c. 1936-1937. The material has some annotations, probably written by R. Naismith.

Dates: no date, c. 1936-1937

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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
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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
Anderson, Robert Rowand, Sir, 1834-1921 (Architect) 5
Boughton, Alice, 1866-1943 (Photographer) 5
Dalyell, John Graham, 1775-1851 (Antiquary and Naturalist) 5
Denham, Lady Frances Steuart, 1722-1789 (Scottish aristocrat, wife of Sir James Steuart (1712-1780)) 5
Erskine, John Francis Erskine Goodeve, 1836-1930 (27th Earl of Mar, Senior representative Peer for Scotland) 5
Harris, Phillip, 1922-2013 (Scottish Neurosurgeon) 5
Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) 5
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
Steuart, Sir Thomas, 1631-1698 (1st Baronet of Coltness | Brother of Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees (1635-1713)) 5
Watt, James, 1736-1819 (engineer) 5
Arbuthnot, Robert, fl1783 (secretary to the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland) 4
Bradley, Orlando Charnock, 1871-1937 (lecturer, University of Edinburgh and principal, Royal Dick Veterinary College) 4
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Drake, Charles George, 1920-1998 (Canadian neurosurgeon) 3
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Penfield, Wilder Graves, 1891-1976 (American-Canadian Neurosurgeon) 3
Sinclair, Alexander, 1794-1877 (Scottish antiquarian) 3
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