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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Notes and drafts by Edward Appleton, 1939

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.406
Scope and Contents

Notes and drafts by Edward Appleton on the E layer. The material includes a copy of the collaborative paper with R. Naismilh ‘The Variation of Solar Ultra-Violet Radiation during the Sunspot Cycle’ (Philosophical Magazine, 27, 1939) and a draft follow-up paper by Appleton and Naismith ‘The Variation of Solar Ultra-Violet Light through the Sunspot Cycle' (Not listed in the bibliography.)

Dates: 1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / 'E Layer: ‘E Layer Correlations f3/cos x versus f4/cos⁡ x ’'

Notes and drafts for a paper or papers, on seasonal, diurnal and latitude variations, c. 1949-1955

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.145
Scope and Contents

Notes and drafts for a paper or papers, on seasonal, diurnal and latitude variations. All the material is in the hand of A.J. Lyon, and it takes the form of various sequences, some bearing dates in 1954 and 1955, and some with annotations or amendments by Edward Appleton. The sequences have been tentatively grouped, where possible by pagination, paper size and type, etc.

Dates: c. 1949-1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Data and correspondence

Notes and drafts for papers by Edward Appleton, c. 1925-1943, 1955

 sub-subseries
Identifier: Coll-37/C.199-C.213
Scope and Contents

This sub-subseries consists of 15 files containing notes and drafts for papers by Edward Appleton. The material is all manuscript and none of it is dated.

Dates: c. 1925-1943, 1955
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magneto-Ionic Theory

Notes and drafts including notes of instructions by Edward Appleton to ‘I.Y.L.’, or to A.G. Turnbull, c. September 1964-January 1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.63
Scope and Contents

The material consists of notes and drafts, mainly manuscript and typescript notes of instructions by Edward Appleton to ‘I.Y.L.’, or to A.G. Turnbull, c. September 1964-January 1965.

Dates: c. September 1964-January 1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications / 'Appleton's last note on the E-region anomaly'

Notes and graphs, all by Edward Appleton, on various F Layer phenomena, 1935-1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.86
Scope and Contents

Notes and graphs, all by Edward Appleton, on various F Layer phenomena, dated 1935-1942. The material also includes unidentified tables of observations of E1, F1 and F2 layers, dated December 1942-January 1943.

Dates: 1935-1943
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Data and correspondence

Notes and instructions for 'I.Y.L.' [Ionospheric Young Ladies], 1958, 1959, 1964

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.125
Scope and Contents

Notes and instructions for 'I.Y.L.' [Ionospheric Young Ladies]. Some of the notes are dated 1958, 1959 and 1964.

Dates: 1958, 1959, 1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Drafts and ideas for research / Appleton's instructions to collaborators and assistants at Edinburgh

Notes and material from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, no date, c. 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.93
Scope and Contents

Notes and material from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton, no date but probably from 1947.

Dates: no date, c. 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Correspondence / Correspondence and notes from W.R. Piggott to Edward Appleton

Notes and material related to increased 'Solar Noise' activity observed, February 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.324
Scope and Contents Notes and material related to increased 'Solar Noise' activity observed in February 1946. It includes an extract from minutes of the meeting of the Ultra Short Wave Propagation Committee, 11 February 1946; a 3 page typescript document on 'Radio Noise from the Sun' giving an account of historical and current research on the phenomenon and of Appleton's contributions, 5 February 1946; and a press release 7 February 1946, 1 page only of statement by Appleton (possibly for press release or...
Dates: February 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Solar Noise / Notes and drafts by Edward Appleton

Notes and research ideas by Edward Appleton, c. 1930-1939

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.422
Scope and Contents

The material consists of notes and research ideas by Edward Appleton, mostly from the 1930s. It includes collaborative papers by Appleton and James Sayers 'Recombination in the ionosphere', dated 1938, and by Appleton and R. Naismith, 'Solar radiation changes during the sunspot cycle', also dated 1938.

Dates: c. 1930-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / Sunspots and Solar Activity 'Solar Cycle Variation E and F1

Notes and research ideas, by Edward Appleton or commenting on calculations, etc. by others, no date

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

Notes and research ideas, by Edward Appleton or commenting on calculations, etc. by others, no date. The material is in Appleton’s original folder.

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’