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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Original folder inscribed, in Mrs Pritchard's hand, 'EVA's Instructions' [Edward Victor Appleton], no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.97
Scope and Contents

Original folder inscribed, in Mrs. Pritchard's hand, 'EVA's Instructions', but mainly containing Edward Appleton's own notes, ideas and calculations. The material is very miscellaneous, and none is dated.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Data and correspondence

Original folder inscribed, in Mrs Pritchard's hand, ‘Midnight Heights F2 Layer', c. 1953

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.99
Scope and Contents

Original folder inscribed, in Mrs Pritchard's hand, ‘Midnight Heights F2 Layer'. The material consists of Tables and charts prepared by Mrs Pritchard for various dates and stations. Also included is a letter from W.R. Piggott enclosing data, 1953.

Dates: c. 1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Data and correspondence

Original folder labelled in the hand of A.G. Turnbull (formerly Pritchard) 'I. G. Y. fF2 Bartels Diagram' [International Geophysical Year], c. 1959

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.100-C.102
Scope and Contents Original folder labelled in the hand of A.G. Turnbull (formerly Pritchard) 'I.G.Y. fF2 Bartels Diagram'. The work relates to various projects based on an analysis of data assembled during the International Geophysical Year, and in particular to Appleton's paper presented at the U.R.S.I. meeting at Brussels, September 1959 on 'The Daily Variability of F2 Layer Maximum Ionisation during the I. G. Y.' Appleton's chief collaborators in this work...
Dates: c. 1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Data and correspondence

Original folder labelled 'Tromsö' 1933 Visit', c. 1932-1935

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.312
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Original folder labelled 'Tromsö' 1933 Visit'. The material includes correspondence regarding customs' facilities for equipment, installation of transmitters, call signs, etc., 1933; the appointment of L.J. Ingram to assist with Tromsö data, 1934; and correspondence regarding the publication or presentation of Second Polar Year data from J.H. Dellinger, B. van der Pol and G.C. Simpson.

Dates: c. 1932-1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Second Polar Year

Original folder labelled ‘Tromsö Interim Report', 1935

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.319
Scope and Contents

Original folder labelled ‘Tromsö Interim Report'. The material consists of Edward Appleton's own notes and drafts; and ‘Magnetic Section’, drafts so titled by L. J. Ingram and by R. Naismith. All dated 1935.

Dates: 1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Second Polar Year / Drafts, data and correspondence relating to publication of Polar Year and Tromsö work

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations', c. 1954-1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.298
Scope and Contents

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations'. The material consists of data and graphs for various centres, mainly a comparison of 1954 and 1958 observations by Edward Appleton, Mrs Anne Turnbull and others, and some manuscript notes by Appleton.

Dates: c. 1954-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations' (not in Edward Appleton’s hand), c. 1958-1959

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.299
Scope and Contents

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations' (not in Edward Appleton’s hand). The material consists of data and graphs, mainly for Puerto Rico for 1958-59, with forwarding letters (undated) from Mrs Anne Turnbull and a few manuscript notes by Appleton.

Dates: c. 1958-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations. Puerto Rico', c. 1962

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.300
Scope and Contents

Original folder labelled ‘β Determinations. Puerto Rico'. The material consists of data, charts and graphs, by Mrs Turnbull and others, using observations up to March 1962. It includes two sets of manuscript notes by Edward Appleton, headed 'Case of vertical drift' and ‘Note’.

Dates: c. 1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Recombination and Attachment

'Outline of a Theory of the F2 Layer', no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.65
Scope and Contents

'Outline of a Theory of the F2 Layer'. The material consists of a 2 page note, no date.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Drafts and ideas for research on F layer

Outline of ‘Paper III. Ionospheric Absorption Measurements throughout a Sunspot Cycle', no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.417
Scope and Contents

The material consists of an outline of ‘Paper III. Ionospheric Absorption Measurements throughout a Sunspot Cycle', by Edward APpleton, no date.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / Ionospheric Storms / Edward Appleton's notes and drafts