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Astronomy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence from A.C.B. Lovell to Edward Appleton, 1947-1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.232
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1947-1948

Correspondence from C. Hoffmeister and H. Spencer Jones to Edward Appleton, 1948 and 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.231
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1948 and 1945

Correspondence from C. Macleroy to Edward Appleton, 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.233
Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence from C. Macleroy to Edward Appleton, dated 1947. Macleroy was an amateur astronomer.

Dates: 1947

Correspondence from E. Eastwood, T.L. Eckersley, and K.G. Emeléus to Edward Appleton, 1946-1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.228
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1946-1948

Correspondence from L. Schellbach to Edward Appleton, 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.235
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1946

Correspondence from P. Angwin to Edward Appleton, 1951

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.3
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1951

Correspondence from R. Naismith to Edward Appleton, 1945-1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.234
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from R. Naismith to Edward Appleton, dated 1945-1947. The material includes graphs, research data from Slough and photographs. Some of the correspondence refers to other research projects in hand, and includes notes by Appleton, letters from others, etc.

Dates: 1945-1947

Correspondence from T.J. van Slooten and F.L. Whipple to Edward Appleton, 1946-1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.236
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1946-1947

Corrigenda to the Astronomiae, 1698-1699

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [56(3)]
Scope and Contents

Editorial issues in Gregory's major textbook.

Dates: 1698-1699

Cum in astronomicis..., s.d.

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [013]
Scope and Contents

A short musing, in an unfamiliar hand, on the nomenclature of physics, (natural) philosophy, and astronomy.

Dates: s.d.