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2 papers and U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] Program of Meeting, 1927-1938
The material consists of 'The existence of more than one ionized layer in the upper atmosphere'. A published version of Appleton's paper presented at U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] General Assembly, October 1927, announcing his discovery of the F layer; 'Some Observations on International Research on Atmospherics'. A typescript of Appleton's paper presented at Copenhagen meeting, 1931; and U.R.S.I Program of meeting, Washington D.C., 1938.
2 papers: ‘Atmospheric Interference in Wireless Telegraph’ and 'Fading and the Heaviside layer', c. 1925-1926
2 papers: ‘Atmospheric Interference in Wireless Telegraph’, manuscript and typescript draft for a slide lecture, no date, c. 1926; and 'Fading and the Heaviside layer', a 6 page typescript, no date, c. 1926.
2 papers: 'Short Wave Wireless Transmission...' and 'Atmospheric Electricity and Wireless Transmission', no date and c. 1930
2 papers: 'Short Wave Wireless Transmission. The Discovery of the Low Attenuation of Short Waves’, the first of a series of articles, 4 pages, no date; and 'Atmospheric Electricity and Wireless Transmission', an article for a B.B.C. Handbook- a galley proof, no date , c. 1930.
2 papers: 'The Study of Wireless Signal Fading' and 'The Proof of the Existence of the Heaviside Layer', c. 1926
2 papers: 'The Study of Wireless Signal Fading', 5 pages of manuscript, probably intended for Wireless World, no date, c.1926; and 'The Proof of the Existence of the Heaviside Layer', 6 pages of manuscript probably intended for Wireless World, also no date, c.1926.
2 papers: 'Wireless Telegraphy' and 'Wireless Transmission and the Upper Atmosphere', no date
2 papers: 'Wireless Telegraphy', a 3 page manuscript draft of the first of 3 lecture, no date; and 'Wireless Transmission and the Upper Atmosphere', a 4 page manuscript draft, no date.
2 proposals for postwar radio research, possibly not by Edward Appleton, c. 1939-1945
2 proposals for postwar broadcasting, possibly not by Edward Appleton: 'Memorandum on ionospheric research and prediction of radio propagation', 16 pages, plus 2 pages with 6 pages of appendices, no date; and ‘Post war civil broadcasting’, 2 pages, no date.
3 notes for speech and 2 broadcast talks by Edward Appleton, April 1957-June 1957
The material consists of 'Science and Industry', a broadcast talk for schools on the Scottish Home Service, April 1957, 9 pages, typescript and manuscript; Speech at unveiling of Syme-Lister plaque, June 1957, 3 pages, typescript; and 'The International Geophysical Year', a talk broadcast on the B.B.C. Home Service, June 1957, 3 pages, typescript.
3 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton, February 1956-September 1956
3 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton. The material consists of inner speech for Commerce Graduates, February 1956, 5 pages, typescript; Dinner speech at Pipe Band Contest, May 1956, 6 pages, typescript; and ‘Some Developments in Radio Science’, a slide lecture to Royal Society of Engineers in Antwerp, September 1956, 14 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 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;