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3 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, October 1956-December 1956
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.
3 notes for talks and addresses by Edward Appleton, c. 1947
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.
3 notes for talks and lectures by Edward Appleton, c. 1948
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.
3 notes for talks by Edward Appleton, March 1953-June 1953
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;
3 notes relating to radio noise from the stars and mesons, c. 1946
The material consists of 'Radio Noise from the Stars', an 11 page manuscript draft for a popular talk or broadcast, no date, c. 1946; a 3 page typescript note on similar subject; and a 3 page note on mesons, this one probably not by Edward Appleton.
3 papers relating to wireless signal research, c. 1924-1925
3 papers relating to wireless signal research. The titles are:'Some methods of investigating wireless signal variations', by Appleton and M.A.F. Barnett, a 7 page typescript, no date, the latest reference is 1925; 'Some wireless methods of investigating the upper atmosphere', a 3 page typescript, no date, c.1924-1925; and ‘Some problems of wireless wave propagation', an 11 page typescript, p.5-6 missing, no date, c. 1925, which details Appleton's and Barnett's experiments.
3 photographs of receiving apparatus, c. 1942
The material consists of 3 photographs of receiving apparatus, possibly dated c. 1942, Burghead.
3 small envelopes containing observations and photographs, c. 1929-1935
3 small envelopes containing observations and photographs. The material consists of envelope addressed ‘Proffessor Appleton Grand Hotel', containing photographs of aurora, etc.; envelope, mainly containing observations made at King's College, London, 1929 (many identified on verso); and envelope of photographs of scenery (one with a manuscript note by R. Naismith).
3 speeches or lectures by Edward Appleton, 1951
3 speeches or lectures by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Speech for Honorary Graduands, July 1951, 16 pages, typescript; Appleton’s contribution to the British Association meeting on 'World Communications', September 1951, 3 pages typescript; and copy of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Monthly Journal containing 'Science, Government and Industry', the Dallas lecture delivered by Appleton at Glasgow, November 1951.
4 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton, c. 1925-1943
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.