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'A note on ionospheric storm phenomena' and ‘Appendix of supplementary notes', October 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.413
Scope and Contents

'A note on ionospheric storm phenomena' and ‘Appendix of supplementary notes’, dated October 1952. The material was possibly prepared by Edward Appleton for a U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] meeting.

Dates: October 1952

Absorption, c. 1935-1948

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.1-C.7
Scope and Contents

These files consist of the contents of a folder so described by Sir Edward Appleton.

Dates: c. 1935-1948

'Absorption R.R.B. [Radio Research Board] Report', c. 1936-1948

 sub-sub-sub-series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.392-C.402
Scope and Contents

'Absorption R.R.B. [Radio Research board] Report'. The material consists of 13 files which were combined into a binder with this title by Edward Appleton. Although the title relates to research into absorption, the contents of the files are diverse and there is considerable overlap with the material elsewhere in the collection.

Dates: c. 1936-1948

Addresses and speeches delivered as Principal of Edinburgh University, 1949-1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/A.4
Scope and Contents

Addresses and speeches delivered by Sir Edward Victor Appleton as Principal of Edinburgh University, dated 1949-1965.

Dates: 1949-1965

Addresses and speeches, mainly on scientific topics, 1931-1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/A.3
Scope and Contents

Addresses and speeches, mainly on scientific topics, dated 1931-1965.

Dates: 1931-1965

Album of photographs of the Tenth General Assembly of U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale], Sydney, 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.20
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This sub series consists of 30 files containing photographs of Edward Appleton, colleagues and friends, from his school days in 1900s to the 1960s.

Dates: 1952

Album of photographs relating to a conference, equipment, etc. in Italy, 1938

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.15
Scope and Contents

The material consists of an album of photographs relating to a conference, equipment, etc. in Italy. It also includes some loose photographs.

Dates: 1938

Album of signatures from the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research given to Appleton, 1949

 Item
Identifier: Coll-37/A.24
Scope and Contents

Album of signatures of Members of Advisory Council and Chairmen of the Research Boards of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. The signatures are of staff associated with Appleton in his work 1939-1939 and the album was given to him on his resignation from the Department in 1949.

Dates: 1949

‘Anomalous Diurnal Behaviour in F2 Layer Ionisation', c. 1960

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.80
Scope and Contents

‘Anomalous Diurnal Behaviour in F2 Layer Ionisation'. The material consists of 4 pages of notes, drafts, ideas and calculations, no date, perhaps c.1960.

Dates: c. 1960

Appleton's instructions to collaborators and assistants at Edinburgh, 1953-1964

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.124-C126
Scope and Contents

The material consists of 3 files of instructions by Edward Appleton for his collaborators assistants, dated 1953-1964.

Dates: 1953-1964

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