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'Radio Waves of extra-terrestrial origin' and 'Radar development and scientific radio research', 1949

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.38

Scope and Contents

The material consists of 'Radio Waves of extra-terrestrial origin', the presidential address by Edward Appleton to the Science Masters' Association, Edinburgh, January 1949, a 26 page typescript (incomplete); and 'Radar development and scientific radio research', the recorded summary of Appleton’s address to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, March 1949, broadcast in Science Review, Scottish Home Service, 7 pages typescript and manuscript.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949

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Full Extent

From the Fonds: 100 boxes

Full Extent

From the Fonds: 14 linear metres

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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