Astronomy
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and reports from J.S. Hey to Edward Appleton, 1946-1947
Correspondence and reports from J.S. Hey to Edward Appleton, dated 1946-1947. The material is mainly on the Giacobinid Shower [a meteor shower, now known as the October Draconids], and including photographs, and O.R.G. Report 342 [Army Operational Research Group].
Correspondence between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Edward Appleton, 1946-1947
The material consists of correspondence between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Edward Appleton, dated 1946-1947, during the period of the Giacobinids meteor showers [now known as the October Draconids]. It includes graphs.
Correspondence from A.C.B. Lovell to Edward Appleton, 1947-1948
Correspondence from A.C.B. Lovell to Edward Appleton, dated 1947-1948. The material includes reports on research by Lovell's team at Manchester, and a note by Lovell on the importance of studying meteor trails in the southern hemisphere.
Correspondence from C. Hoffmeister and H. Spencer Jones to Edward Appleton, 1948 and 1945
The material consists of correspondence from C. Hoffmeister to Edward Appleton, dated 1948 and from H. Spencer Jones to Edward Appleton, dated 1945. The correspondence from Spencer Jones is possibly the 'the Astronomer Royal's letter' mentioned in Coll-37/C.226.
Correspondence from E. Eastwood, T.L. Eckersley, and K.G. Emeléus to Edward Appleton, 1946-1948
The material consists of correspondence from E. Eastwood to Edward Appleton, dated 1946; correspondence from T. L. Eckersley to Edward Appleton, dated 1948 including a draft letter for publication in Nature; and correspondence from K.G. Emeléus to Edward Appleton, dated 1947.
Correspondence from L. Schellbach to Edward Appleton, 1946
Correspondence from L. Schellbach to Edward Appleton. The material includes statements by observers of the meteoritic fall and fragment recovered at Grand Canyon, Arizona, October 1946.
Correspondence from P. Angwin to Edward Appleton, 1951
Correspondence from P. Angwin to Edward Appleton, dated 1951. The material includes a note on Radio Astronomy in the South Bank exhibition at the Festival of Britain.
Correspondence from T.J. van Slooten and F.L. Whipple to Edward Appleton, 1946-1947
The material consists of correspondence from T.J. van Slooten to Edward Appleton, dated 1946 and from F.L. Whipple to Edward Appleton dated 1946-1947. The correspondence from Whipple includes data.
Drafts and notes, c. 1932-1946
The material consists of 5 files containing material relating to Edward Appleton's research into meteors.
Manuscript notes on meteors by Edward Appleton, c. 1945-1950
The material consists of manuscript notes on meteors by Edward Appleton, some of which pre-dates his 1946 work. The material includes 1 page 'Notes by EVA [Edward Victor Appleton] headed 'To be returned with the Astronomer Royal’s letter', no date and tables on 'Meteor Streams' 1947-50, by A.G. Pritchard.