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Appleton's manuscript drafts for sections of a paper under the general title 'Effects of X's on Receivers', no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.9
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Appleton's manuscript drafts for sections of a paper under the general title 'Effects of X's on Receivers', no date.

Dates: no date

Appleton's 'National Report to Commission III' (U.R.S.I.) [Union Radio-Scientifique International], c. 1955-1957

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.49
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Appleton's 'National Report to Commission III' (U.R.S.I.) [Union Radio-Scientifique International]. The material consists of 2 page typescript with manuscript note 'Dr. Lyon. I don't know whether you have seen this?' no date, 1955-56; and 'Note by Sir Edward Appleton' 3 page typescript with a manuscript note (not in Appleton's hand) 'Copy to Mr. Ratcliffe 29/10/57'.

Dates: c. 1955-1957

Army notebook, inscribed on cover 'E. V. Appleton ii Lieut [Lieutenant] R. E. Electricity Notes' , c 1914-1921

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.1B
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...
Dates: c 1914-1921

Army notebook, with only a few pages and front cover remaining, c.1914-1918

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.1A
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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.

Dates: c.1914-1918

'Atmospheric spectrum' , c. 1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.16
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Folder marked 'Atmospheric spectrum'. It includes manuscript translations of articles on atmospherics, D.S.I.R. [Department of Scientific and Industrial Research] and U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique International] reports, National Defense Research Committee report by Jansky and Bailey (1943), etc.

Dates: c. 1943

Atmospherics

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.8-C.28
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The material consists of notes, drafts and correspondence. The early material was described by C. S. Gillmor as 'work on pulse characteristics of receivers, and problems of receiving atmospherics'. The later material (from c. 1929) is mainly on the effects of thunderstorms.

Dates: c 1918-1973

'Atomic energy and its applications', c. 1949-1951

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.41
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The material consists ofdDrafts for Edward Appleton’s chapter to the book ‘Aspects of Modern Science', published in 1951, with some editorial correspondence. It is contained in its original folder, inscribed ‘Atomic Energy'.

Dates: c. 1949-1951

Audio recording of Edward Appleton at the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, Ohio, 3 May 1957

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.39
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The material consists of an open reel magnetic tape audio recording at the Centennial Exposition, Commemorating a Century of Medical Progress of the Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, Ohio, on 3 May 1957. Edward Appleton gave the Centennial Convocation Address on 'Medicine: a Science and a Humanity'.

Dates: 3 May 1957

Audio recording of Edward Appleton at the U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] conference, Sydney parts 1 and 2 (of 4), August 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.37
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The material consists of a gramophone audio recording of Edward Appleton parts 1 and 2 (of 4). It is labelled, 'A.B.C. [Australian Broadcasting Corporation?] Guest of Honour Sir Edward Appleton August, 1952’ and ‘Recorded at 78 r.p.m. [revolutions per minute] from tape. Use lightweight pickup'. The original tape was recorded at the U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] conference, Sydney, 1952.

Dates: August 1952

Audio recording of Edward Appleton at the U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] conference, Sydney, parts 3 and 4 (of 4), August 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/H.38
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The material consists of a gramophone audio recording of Edward Appleton parts 3 and 4 (of 4). It is labelled, 'A.B.C. [Australian Broadcasting Corporation?] Guest of Honour Sir Edward Appleton August, 1952’ and ‘Recorded at 78 r.p.m. [revolutions per minute] from tape. Use lightweight pickup'. The original tape was recorded at the U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] conference, Sydney, 1952.

Dates: August 1952

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