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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript and typescript drafts on the E-layer, no date, c. 1937

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.14
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Manuscript and typescript drafts on the E-layer by Edward Appleton, incomplete, no date. The material was possibly written for a paper with R. Naismith and L.J. Ingram, published in Philosophical Transactions in 1937.

Dates: no date, c. 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications

Manuscript and typescript notes on ionospheric winds, c. 1952-1953 and no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.132-C.135
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Under this heading are grouped all data, notes and correspondence which were not included in Appleton’s named folders, but were received as loose and disordered papers. Most of them relate to his period at Edinburgh University, when he conducted collaborative research on a number of ionospheric projects simultaneously. His consistent collaborator was A. G. Pritchard (later Turnbull) whose data comprise many different topics; for the period c.1949-54 he also worked closely with A.J. Lyon...
Dates: c. 1952-1953 and no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Data and correspondence

Manuscript charts and graphs, mainly of critical frequencies, for various stations and dates, c. 1936, 1944-1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.35
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Manuscript charts and graphs, mainly of critical frequencies, for various stations and dates. The material includes vertical incidence curves at Slough and Tromsö, c. 1936 and graphs for 1944, 1945-46, in Edward Appleton's hand, etc.

Dates: c. 1936, 1944-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Critical Frequency

Manuscript charts and graphs of critical frequencies for E and F layers, 1935-1936

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.33
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Manuscript charts and graphs of critical frequencies for E and F layers, no station given, various dates, 1935-1936.

Dates: 1935-1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Critical Frequency

Manuscript comments by F.W. Chapman , no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.171
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Manuscript comments by F.W. Chapman with a note by Edward Appleton, 'The following notes were written by Mr. Chapman after reading my screed', no date.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Ionisation / Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’

Manuscript data, graphs and calculations of E and F layer critical frequencies, 1932

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.29
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Manuscript data, graphs and calculations of E and F layer critical frequencies, 1932. The material was based on test runs made at King's College, London. It is almost all in Appleton's hand, but it also includes 2 pp. on 'F layer critical wavelength', by G. Builder, February 1932.

Dates: 1932
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Critical Frequency

Manuscript, 'Discussion of Results', December 1931

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.169
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Manuscript, 'Discussion of Results', 8 pages, sent by Edward Appleton to E.C. Childs, dated December 1931 and with some manuscript comments by him.

Dates: December 1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Ionisation / Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’

Manuscript draft on loops, antenna, etc. by Edward Appleton, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.275
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Manuscript draft on loops, antenna, etc. by Edward Appleton, no date. The material consists of a 9 page manuscript.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radio Reception

Manuscript drafts and notes for papers by Appleton, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.36
Scope and Contents Manuscript drafts and notes for papers by Appleton, no date. The material consists of: 'On the seasonal and sunspot-cycle variation of abnormal Region-E Ionization','Note on E-persistance’,'Variation of Abnormal E with solar activity', 'Scattering in the E Layer' (2pp. note 'written to stimulate discussion in the Ionosphere group', undated, but refers to an article by T. L. Eckersley 1940 of which a copy is included). These items are in Appleton’s original folder inscribed 'Abnormal E...
Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / E layer

Manuscript drafts for a paper or papers on tides, almost all by Edward Appleton, but some in K. Weekes's hand, c. 1936-1949

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.182
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Manuscript drafts for a paper or papers on tides, almost all by Edward Appleton, but some in K. Weekes's hand, 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