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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Loose papers originally tucked into Coll-37/B.34, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/B.35
Scope and Contents

Loose papers originally tucked into Coll-37/B.34. The material includes: 5 pp. ms. letter by Appleton to 'Mr. Piggott, Mr. Gorwyn' , 21 January 1945, discussing research on energy flux, 3 pp. note on 'The obliquity factor in diffraction problems', by P. M. Woodward, 1 June 1945 and note from R. L. Smith-Rose on 'radiolocation of the moon', 5 September 1945.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Scientific notebooks

Lunar tides, c. 1936-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.182-C.191
Scope and Contents The material consists of drafts, data and correspondence. Most of the early material relates to the papers by Edward Appleton and K. Weekes published in various journals, 1938, 1939. The correspondence continues to 1949, some of it relating to the paper by Appleton and W.J.G. Beynon, ‘Lunar oscillations in the D-layer of the ionosphere', Nature, 164, 1949. Appleton's notes, drafts, and exchanges with his principal collaborator, K. Weekes, appear at Coll-37/C.182-C.186, correspondence with...
Dates: c. 1936-1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics

‘Lunar tides in the upper atmosphere', c.1936-1949

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.184
Scope and Contents

‘Lunar tides in the upper atmosphere'. The material consists of a draft for a slide lecture, no date, c.1936-1949.

Dates: c.1936-1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Lunar tides

L.W. Austin: Solar and Radio Relationships, 1931

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

The material consists of a report,'Solar and Radio Relationships' by L.W. Austin, dated 1931.

Dates: 1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

'(M3000)F2 1954', 1954

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

The material consists of a file of data for ionospheric stations worldwide, marked '(M3000)F2 1954'.

Dates: 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / (M3000)F2 data

'(M3000)F2 1957-58', 1957-1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.38
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a file of data for ionospheric stations worldwide, marked '(M3000)F2 1957-58'.

Dates: 1957-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / (M3000)F2 data

(M3000)F2 data plots S.S. min./S.S. max., c. 1948-1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.41
Scope and Contents

The material consists of (M3000)F2 data plots S.S. min./S.S. max., related to work on equatorial anomaly. The charts have used average data from c. 1948-1958 and will have therefore been drawn after this period,

Dates: c. 1948-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / (M3000)F2 data

Machinae, Hydrostaticae, et hydraulicae et Barascopium Hugen:, December 1680

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [157]
Scope and Contents

Novelties seen and sketched by Gregory in Paris. The hydraulic machine caused a doll to fly inside a bottle.

Dates: December 1680
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

Magnetic Storms, c. 1920-1947

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.192-C.198
Scope and Contents

The material consists of files relating to magnetic storms. Edward Appleton's own notes and drafts appear at Coll-37/C.192-C.194. Data, correspondence with colleagues, etc. follow at Coll-37/C.195-C.198.

Dates: c. 1920-1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics

Magneto-Ionic Theory, c. 1925-1943

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.199-C.221
Scope and Contents This sub-series contains 23 files relating to Magneto-Ion Theory, c.1925. With the exception of Coll-37/C.221, the material was crammed into a bulky folder inscribed 'Some observations on the polarization of downcoming wireless waves'. The folder also has a later note ‘Magneto-Ionic Theory' by C. S. Gillmor, to whom is also owed the identification of W. Altar (see Coll-37/C.214-C.216). Appleton's own notes and drafts, which are almost never dated, appear at Coll-37/C.199-C.213....
Dates: c. 1925-1943
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics