University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

Scope and Contents Army notebook, inscribed on cover 'E. V. Appleton ii Lieut [Lieutenant] R. E. Electricity Notes' , c.1914-1921.Both ends of the item are used. At the front of the notebook, there are notes on electricity and magnetism, perhaps for lectures during First World War. In the middle, there is a sequence of pages (some numbered) of experiments on 'Oscillator with Leaking Grid Condenser', at Cambridge, 1920-21 (not all in Appleton's hand). At the rear of the notebook, there are press-cuttings on...

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Army notebook, with only a few pages and front cover remaining, c.1914-1918. Notes on differential equations, perhaps for lectures as Instructor in R. E. Signals [check what this means] during First World War.

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Black ring-bound notebook, c.1920-1921. The item contains notes and narratives of experiments on atmospherics and on Aperiodic Impulses. The work begins July 12 [1920] and continues to April 17 [1921].

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The material consists of correspondence between Edward Appleton with colleagues about the proposal to publish a new journal, its title, advisory board, and range of contributions, etc. It includes a photocopy of Appleton's circular letter to colleagues on the subject, and also correspondence with P. Rosbaud (publisher).

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Draft for a lecture on James Clerk Maxwell by Edward Appleton, 10 pages, manuscript.

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Draft for a slide lecture on James Clerk Maxwell by Edward Appleton, 16 pages, manuscript with note at end, 'Unfinished, more possibly tomorrow'.

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Draft for speech on James Clerk Maxwell at school prize-giving by Edward Appleton, using material from the lectures in Coll-37/D.8-D.10 which were written in 1931.

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The item is a Hardback drawing book of graph paper, undated, c.1920. Both ends of the item are used. At the front there are graphs and calculations of valves and oscillators. At the rear are 12 monthly graphs, labelled January-December.

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Hardback notebook, dated 1919-1922. The item contains notes of experiments and ideas on oscillators and circuits, some with various dates, December 1919-October 1922; and notes for 'Further Experiments on Atmospherics'. There are a few notes at the rear of the notebook. See also Coll-37/B.4 which consists of loose pages of notes and calculations which were originally inserted into this notebook.

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Hardback notebook, inscribed inside ‘Victor Appleton St John's College, Cambridge. Magnetism and Electricity', undated (probably before 1919 with some later additions). Both ends of the notebook are used. It contains notes and calculations, perhaps of undergraduate work (Appleton usually signed himself ‘E.V. Appleton' after 1919). Some notes on negative ions, ionisation, etc. may be of a later date.