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Notes for talks and speeches by Edward Appleton, c. 1945
The material consists of: "Discours à radiodiffuser par Sir Edward Appleton", a 2 page speech in French, dated 22 October 1945; "Sir Ambrose Fleming", a 7 page memorial tribute, dated 1945 in pencil, see also Coll-17/E.40; a press handout on Appleton’s lecture on "Tides in the Atmosphere", dated 1945 in pencil; and an offprint of Appleton's contribution to discussion on civil engineering research and its future, c. 1945.
Report, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' and copy of typescript letter from R.A. Watson-Watt, 1935-1936, 1945
Report in French, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' [Report on electromagnetic detection by military telegraphy], 1935. The material was sent to Appleton with a covering letter dated 1945 and a note at the end of the report describes it as the only surviving document on French pre-war research of that type, all other records having been destroyed in 1940.