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

Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Hardback notebook, 1919-1922

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.3
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, dated 1919-1922. The item contains notes of experiments and ideas on oscillators and circuits, some with various dates, December 1919-October 1922; and notes for 'Further Experiments on Atmospherics'. There are a few notes at the rear of the notebook. See also Coll-37/B.4 which consists of loose pages of notes and calculations which were originally inserted into this notebook.

Dates: 1919-1922

Hardback notebook, c. 1931

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.23
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, no date, c. 1931. The notebook includes notes on 'Dielectric Constant of Ionised Gas', polarisation, work of Tonks, 'Notes for Discussion'. At the back of the notebook, there is an extended narrative on 'Probe Analysis'.

Dates: c. 1931

Hardback notebook, front few pages only used, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.12
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, front few pages only used, inscribed inside 'E. V. Appleton. Wheatstone laboratory, King's College, London. Ionization of Gases. Digests of Papers', no date.

Dates: no date

Hardback notebook, inscribed 'Edward V. Appleton, Captain R. E.', c. 1914-Jul 1929

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.15
Scope and Contents Hardback notebook, inscribed 'Edward V. Appleton, Captain R. E.' Presumably Appleton acquired this notebook during his service in World War I. The notebook contains detailed observations and comparison of various stations, almost all in Appleton's hand or with comments by him. The inside front cover has a detailed list of experiments numbered 1-77, dated March 1926 to November 1928, which form the contents of the notebook. It also includes some narratives and summaries of the experiments by...
Dates: c. 1914-Jul 1929

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'E. V. Appleton, 39 Westleigh Avenue, London S.W. 15', c. 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.34
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'E. V. Appleton, 39 Westleigh Avenue, London S.W. 15'. The notebook contains extensive notes, calculations and narratives on radar, and for a lecture or paper alternatively called ‘The Technique of Radar (or Radiolocation)’, 'The Principles of Radiolocation’, 'The Elements of Radar or Radiolocation’. (Appleton's 36th Kelvin Lecture was entitled 'The scientific principles of radio location', Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 93, 1946.)

Dates: c. 1946

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'Month's Run', 23 February 1931-3 June 1931

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.22
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'Month's Run' February 23 1931 to March 21. Measurements of Critical Frequency'. The records are all in Appleton's hand. Some shorter notes continue to 3 June 1931.

Dates: 23 February 1931-3 June 1931

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'N. P. L. Transmissions on Short Waves', 1928-1929

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.19
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'N. P. L. Transmissions on Short Waves'. Inside the front cover is a list of experiments, dated August­ November 1928, recorded at King's College, Peterborough and Cambridge. The records are not in Appleton's hand but almost all have comments by him. Towards rear of book is a later test (numbered 92), July 1929, and a narrative 'Notes on Test' by Appleton.

Dates: 1928-1929

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'Notes on Atmospheric Electricity, pp.1-25. K.G.E. [Karl George Emeléus], 1934'., 1934

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.26
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside 'Notes on Atmospheric Electricity, pp.1-25. K.G.E. [Karl George Emeléus], 1934'. The notebook contains notes on the literature, on experiments and hypotheses, conclusions. It is all in the hand of Karl George Emeléus (student of Edward Appleton).

Dates: 1934

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside ‘Victor Appleton St John's College, Cambridge. Magnetism and Electricity'., undated (probably before 1919 with some later additions)

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.1
Scope and Contents

Hardback notebook, inscribed inside ‘Victor Appleton St John's College, Cambridge. Magnetism and Electricity', undated (probably before 1919 with some later additions). Both ends of the notebook are used. It contains notes and calculations, perhaps of undergraduate work (Appleton usually signed himself ‘E.V. Appleton' after 1919). Some notes on negative ions, ionisation, etc. may be of a later date.

Dates: undated (probably before 1919 with some later additions)

Hardback notebook, inscribed on cover 'Daily N .P. L. Transmissions 100λ', 1928-1930

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.21
Scope and Contents Hardback notebook, inscribed on cover 'Daily N .P. L. Transmissions 100λ' and inside (not in Appleton's hand) 'N.P.L. Transmissions on 100 Metres Daily, Commencing November 18 1929 from 12 to 12.30 p.m.' The notebook contains a daily log of experiments and notes, all in Appleton's hand, for 33 days (to 20 December 1929). It also contains observations for 16 January 1930, and earlier notes from 1928 and 1929, and a narrative summarising results. Inside the rear cover is a log of the...
Dates: 1928-1930