Papers and drafts by Edward Appleton on the E layer, c. 1964-1966
Scope and Contents
Papers and drafts by Edward Appleton on the E layer. The material consists of 'On Seasonal and Non-Seasonal Anomalies in the E Layer', 7 page typescript for a paper; ‘A Further Note on the E Layer Seasonal Anomaly', 3 pages of manuscript notes, dated March 1965 (These notes are reproduced in facsimile in the Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics article from 1971); notes introducing the Gifford Lecture, April 1965, 3 pages, manuscript; and ‘Some Radio Reflections’, 2 drafts for the Geilo Lecture, 2 and 3 pages long, dated June 1965 (Appleton died in April 1965 and therefore did not complete this work); and correspondence from W.J.G. Beynon and W.E.J. Farvis to Lady Appleton about publication of the work, dated 1966.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1964-1966
Creator
- Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
- Beynon, William John Granville, Sir, 1914-1996 (Welsh Physicist) (Author, Person)
- Farvis, William Ewart John , 1911-2005 (English born pioneering electronics engineer and educator, professor of electrical engineering, University of Edinburgh) (Author, Person)
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From the Sub-Series: 3 Files
Language of Materials
English
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