Physics
Found in 905 Collections and/or Records:
4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton, January 1950-March 1950
4 notes for lectures, remarks and speeches by Edward Appleton. The material consists of a speech at Valedictory Dinner to Members of Parliament, Scottish Universities Constituency, January 1950, 6 pages, typescript; toast to 'The City of Edinburgh', Walter Scott Club, January 1950, 4 page typescript; chairman's remarks at University Industrial Liaison Committee Symposium, March 1950, 5 pages, typescript; and speech at Institute of Brewing Dinner, March 1950, 9 pages, typescript.
4 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton, c. 1963-1965
4 notes for speeches and lecture by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Prize-giving speech given at the Usher Hall, July 1963, 7 pages, typescript; Speech at the opening of Napier Technical College, February 1965, 10 pages typescript; Speech at the opening of Wind Tunnel, Edinburgh, March 1965, 7 pages, typescript; and notes for Graham Clark Lecture, no date, c.1964, 1 page, manuscript.
4 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, September 1958-July 1959
The material consists of Speech at British Council Summer School for Russians, July 1959; 'Science and the Humanities', Appleton’s Address at Special Convocation, Dalhousie University, September 1958; Speech at Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Glasgow, October 1958, 4 pages, typescript; and Speech at Graduation Ceremony, October 1958, 5 pages, typescript.
4 notes for talks and broadcasts by Edward Appleton, c. 1945 and no date
The material consists of the following notes for talks and broadcasts by Edward Appleton: 'How radiolocation works', a draft and script of a radio broadcast, dated August 1945; 'Recent radio progress', a 2 page talk on radiolocation, no date; a 2 page untitled talk on wartime advances in science, 1945; and 'British Science in war and peace', a draft, perhaps for broadcast, c. 1945.
5 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton, c. 1925-1943
The material consists of 5 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton: Note on Magneto-ionic Theory', 2 pages; 'Note on Splitting of Echos', 1 page; ‘Special case’, 1 page; ‘Field equations’, 3 pages; and ‘Calculation of Magneto-ionic Parameters', 1 page, no date, c. 1925-1943.
5 notes for speeches by Edward Appleton, no date
The material consists of: 'Science, Industry and Government', typescript notes for a speech, no date; Appleton’s speech at the Centenary Celebration of the Chemical Society, 11 pages typescript; speech at the opening of the Building Science Exhibition, 10 pages manuscript and typescript; speech at opening of the Coal Research Laboratories; 5 pages manuscript and typescript; and speech at Tallow Chandlers Dinner, 3 pages manuscript and typescript.
5 page sequence headed 'Results', no date, c. 1936-1937
5 page sequence headed 'Results', listing 9 points for comment and further investigation, no date, c. 1936-1937. The material has some annotations, probably written by R. Naismith.
5 page typescript paper on electron density, no date, c. 1937
5 page typescript paper on electron density, no author or date. The material contains a 2 page manuscript note attachded, by Edward Appleton, on electron production, c. 1937.
8 page typescript version of 'Some Notes on F2 layer Anomalies', no date but circulated 17 November 1947
8 page typescript version of 'Some Notes on F2 layer Anomalies', with an additional 12th point, missing from the manuscript. The material is undated but it was circulated on 17 November 1947.
10 pages of manuscript comments by E.C. Childs on 'Discussion' , c. 1931-1932
10 pages of manuscript comments by E.C. Childs on 'Discussion', no date, c.1931-1932