Meteor Trails, c. 1946-1950
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.222-C.236
Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of 15 files relating to Edward Appleton’s research into meteor trails. Appleton's chief publications on this topic were the collaborative papers with R. Naismith, 'Radar detection of meteor trails’, Nature, 158, 28 December 1946, and 'The radio detection of meteor trails and allied phenomena', Proceedings of the Physical Society, 59, 1947. Appleton's own notes and drafts appear at Coll-37/C.222-C.226 and correspondence and data from colleagues are at Coll-37/C.227-C.236.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1946-1950
Conditions Governing Access
Data Protection restrictions apply.
Extent
15 Files
Creator
- From the Fonds: Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk