Physics

Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.247

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Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1946. The material consists of letters, graphs and it includes draft of Cartwright's paper, 'Forced oscillations in nearly sinusoidal systems' and miscellaneous offprints on the subject by Cartwright, Littlewood, Van der Pol, etc., not all dated.

Dates: c. 1946

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Oscillators / Correspondence and data / Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, 1920

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.139

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The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, 1 letter only, dated 1920.

Dates: 1920

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence between B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton / Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, 1921

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.140

Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, dated 1921. It includes includes notes and calculations and an offprint of a published paper.

Dates: 1921

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence between B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton / Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, January 1922-April 1922

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.141

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The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, dated January-April 1922. The letter of 26 April discusses Van der Pol's career plans.

Dates: January 1922-April 1922

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence between B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton / Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, May 1922-c. October 1922

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.142

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The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, dated May-c. October 1922. The letter of 20 May describes Van der Pol's decision to accept a post at Philips.

Dates: May 1922-c. October 1922

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence between B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton / Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, 1923

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.143

Scope and Contents

The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, dated 1923.

Dates: 1923

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence between B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton / Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton

Correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, c. 1922-1975

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.144

Scope and Contents The material consists of correspondence from B. van der Pol to Edward Appleton, dated 1927 and 1948, one letter for each year only. The letter dated 1927 was in reply to Appleton's charge that van der Pol had misrepresented his work in an article, see Coll-37/E.132. Also included with the material are undated manuscript notes by van der Pol, c. 1922-1924; an offprint of a centenary article by Van der Pol on Lorentz, dated 1953; and an offprint of an article on the Appleton-van der Pol...

Dates: c. 1922-1975