Physics
Found in 663 Collections and/or Records:
3 notes for talks and addresses by Edward Appleton, c. 1947
3 notes for talks and addresses by Edward Appleton. The material consists of 'Recent advances in radio research', a 2 page note of a talk to the Royal Dublin Society, c.1947; 'Research in the Midlands', the opening address at F.B.I. [Federation of British Industries] Conference, Birmingham, March 1947, 15 pages typescript and manuscript; 'Peace-time applications of nuclear energy', Appleton’s opening remarks at the British Association discussion, August 1947.
3 notes for talks and lectures by Edward Appleton, c. 1948
3 notes for talks and lectures by Edward Appleton. The material consists of 'The Scientist in Industry', manuscript and typescript drafts, notes, etc., some dated February 1948; ‘British Science in War and Peace', a 31 page typescript for a slide lecture to Bradford Civic Society, May 1948; and ‘Science and the Public’, a 30 page typescript talk, no date, c.1948.
3 notes for talks by Edward Appleton, March 1953-June 1953
The material consists of background information for Edward Appleton's Presidential Address to the British Association, March 1953; 'The scientific method', a BBC talk to schools, April 1953, 10 pages, typescript; and Speech to Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, June 1953, 6 pages, typescript;
3 notes relating to radio noise from the stars and mesons, c. 1946
The material consists of 'Radio Noise from the Stars', an 11 page manuscript draft for a popular talk or broadcast, no date, c. 1946; a 3 page typescript note on similar subject; and a 3 page note on mesons, this one probably not by Edward Appleton.
3 photographs of receiving apparatus, c. 1942
The material consists of 3 photographs of receiving apparatus, possibly dated c. 1942, Burghead.
3 small envelopes containing observations and photographs, c. 1929-1935
3 small envelopes containing observations and photographs. The material consists of envelope addressed ‘Proffessor Appleton Grand Hotel', containing photographs of aurora, etc.; envelope, mainly containing observations made at King's College, London, 1929 (many identified on verso); and envelope of photographs of scenery (one with a manuscript note by R. Naismith).
3 speeches or lectures by Edward Appleton, 1951
3 speeches or lectures by Edward Appleton. The material consists of Speech for Honorary Graduands, July 1951, 16 pages, typescript; Appleton’s contribution to the British Association meeting on 'World Communications', September 1951, 3 pages typescript; and copy of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Monthly Journal containing 'Science, Government and Industry', the Dallas lecture delivered by Appleton at Glasgow, November 1951.
4 draft notes of papers by Edward Appleton, c. 1925-1943
The material consists of 4 draft notes by Edward Appleton: ‘The effect of the earth's magnetic field in the case of long-wave reflection', 1 page; 'Resume of results', 1 page; ‘Notes on the Reflection Coefficient’, 2 pages; and ‘Discussion of Results’, 3 pages for section 6 of a paper, on downcoming waves, no date, c. 1925-1943.
4 notes and drafts by Edward Appleton, 1941 and no date
The material consists of: 'Scientific research and industrial progress', a typescript draft for article in Country Life Export Number, Autumn 1941; 'Science and illumination', a note for broadcasting, no date; 'Seeing the invisible', a 2 page note on the electron microscope; and 3 pages of manuscript notes for a school prize giving.
4 notes by Edward Appleton, 1946 and no date
4 notes by Edward Appleton. The material consists of ‘Organisation of government science in the United Kingdom', this was Edward Appleton's contribution to the Empire Scientific Conference, June 1946, 14 pages typescript and manuscript; a 4 page typescript note on technical information services, 'Practical Importance of Fundamental Research', a 5 page typescript lecture; and a 4 page speech to the baking industry.