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Physics

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

Found in 663 Collections and/or Records:

'Christmas 1963. Work on r(fF2)', 1963

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/F.35
Scope and Contents

'Christmas 1963. Work on r(fF2)'. The material consists of an original file of data.

Dates: 1963

'Coal as a source of heat and power', September 1947

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/D.32
Scope and Contents

'Coal as a source of heat and power'. The material consists of Edward Appleton’s chairman's address at the British Association meeting, September 1947, 7 pages typescript, plus some correspondence.

Dates: September 1947

Comments on two papers on radio transmission, 1940

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.284
Scope and Contents

The material consist of a comment on a Japanese paper on radio transmission, with diagrams, sent with a covering letter by W.G. Beynon, dated October 1940 and comments on another paper on transmission, by Beynon and Piggott, dated 1940.

Dates: 1940

Composite and average graphs for (M3000)F2, 1953-1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.39
Scope and Contents

The material consists of composite and average graphs for (M3000)F2, mainly dated 1953-1958.

Dates: 1953-1958

Composite tables of h'F data for Slough, 1949-1959

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/F.46
Scope and Contents

The material consists of composite tables of h'F data for Slough by Mrs. Turnbull, dated 1949-1959. It includes 1 page manuscript chart by Edward Appleton.

Dates: 1949-1959

'Conductance Effects in Ionospheric Circuits', 1948

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.395
Scope and Contents

'Conductance Effects in Ionospheric Circuits'. The material consists of a 5 page draft of a paper by Edward Appleton and W.R. Piggott, with a letter, dated 1948. Also included is a draft paper 'Electric conductivity of the ionospheric D region', 1948, author unknown.

Dates: 1948

Contents of Appleton's original folder labelled 'F2 Paper II', c. 1950-1954

 sub-sub-sub-series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.94-C.96
Scope and Contents

Contents of Appleton's original folder labelled 'F2 Paper II'. The material includes Appleton's own notes, correspondence exchanged with Mrs Pritchard, related data and graphs, mainly dated 1950-1954.

Dates: c. 1950-1954

Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’, c. 1927-1935

 sub-subseries
Identifier: Coll-37/C.167-C.179
Scope and Contents

Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’, dated c. 1927-1935.

Dates: c. 1927-1935

Copy of Journal of the Institution of Telecommunication Engineers, 12, April 1966

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.322
Scope and Contents

Copy of Journal of the Institution of Telecommunication Engineers, 12, April 1966. This was a 'Sir Edward V. Appleton commemorative issue' and contains several articles referring to his work, including ‘A Wireless Visit to Tromsö (1932)' by C.M. Minnis, which quotes from Appleton's journals.

Dates: April 1966

Copy of nomination of the International Council of Scientific Unions (I.C.S.U.) for The Nobel Peace Prize, 1959

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.382
Scope and Contents

Copy of nomination of the International Council of Scientific Unions (I.C.S.U.) for The Nobel Peace Prize, 1959. The material contains carbon copies of Edward Appleton's letters on the subject.

Dates: 1959