Physics
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence between John A. Ratcliffe and Appleton and A.C. Stickland and Appleton, 1933, 1936
The material consists of correspondence between John A. Ratcliffe and Edward Appleton, including a typescript and manuscript 'Notes on the ionic structure of the E region', dated 1936 and correspondence between A.C. Stickland and Edward Appleton, dated 1933.
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe and T. Walmsley to Edward Appleton, 1930, c. 1936-1937
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, no date, c. 1936 including comments on a paper by Martyn; and correspondence from T. Walmsley to Edward Appleton, dated 1937, including a memorandum by Walmsley, dated 1930
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, no date
Correspondence from J. T. Henderson to Edward Appleton, no date. Enclosed are notes comparing grating and oscillator.
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, 1933-1935
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, dated 1933-1935.
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, 1951-1964
Correspondence from J.A. Ratcliffe to Edward Appleton, dated 1951-1952, 1955, 1960 and 1964 (Appleton's carbon copy only). The material from 1952 includes a memorandum relating to analysis of I.G.Y. [International Geophysical Year] records, with comments by A. J. Lyon. Appleton's letter of 1964 refers to Larmor, and to the discovery of the equatorial anomaly.
Correspondence from L.J. Comrie to Edward Appleton, 1937
Correspondence from L.J. Comrie to Edward Appleton, dated 1937. The material consists of 2 letters by Comrie, and a manuscript draft by Appleton on conductivity. Comrie advised on mathematical calculation of integrals. One letter bears a manuscript note, 'Papers leading up to Bakerian Lectures J.A.R. '(Ratcliffe).
Correspondence with Edward Appleton, 1952, 1958
Correspondence with Edward Appleton, dated 1952 and 1958. It relates to Appleton's research at Edinburgh on recombination and negative ions. The material consists of correspondence from D.R. Bates, including research notes; K.G. Emeleus; H.S.W. Massey; W.R. Piggott; J.A. Ratcliffe; J. Sayers, including a research communication; and one letter from K. Bibi, dated 1958. These items are in Appleton's original folder labelled 'Recombination. Theory'.
Loose pages originally tucked into Coll-37/B.31A, c. 1936-1938
Loose pages originally tucked into Coll-37/B.31A. These includes notes on 'Tides in the Upper Atmosphere' and Light of the Night Sky', notes on' Lunar Tides in Region E', with analysis of experiments 1937-38 and correspondence from J. E. Best, 1936 and J. A. Ratcliffe [John Ashworth Ratcliff], no date.