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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

'Possible explanation of world variation of F2 ionisation', c. 1941

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.67
Scope and Contents

Possible explanation of world variation of F2 ionisation'. The material consists of a 1 page typescript note, with a secretary's note, 'Copies sent to Mr. Naismith, Dr. Beynon and Mr. Piggott 13/9', no year given; and note on eclipse observations, dated September 1941.

Dates: c. 1941
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

Press-cuttings, 1916-1939

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/B.58-60
Scope and Contents From the Series: These books have a twofold origin. Some are laboratory notebooks in the usual sense, documenting experimental work with dates and descriptions, and sometimes kept partly by research assistants and collaborators as well as by Appleton himself. Others are more diverse, and belong to the category of 'little black books'. Appleton's lifelong habit of keeping small notebooks in his pockets was well known and commented on by his biographers, who often quote from them. The description 'little...
Dates: 1916-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Scientific notebooks

Press-cuttings from Norwegian newspapers, c. 1932-1933

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.304
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The material consists of press-cuttings from Norwegian newspapers, dated c. 1932-1933 and a poem with the heading on verso “Characteristics of Searlian Expt [Experiment] Passion for Accuracy Own Experience”. Also included is the original envelope which is labelled 'Tromsö'.

Dates: c. 1932-1933
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Second Polar Year

Press-cuttings relating to developments in radio research, 1920s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.72
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The material consists of press-cuttings, mainly articles written by Edward Appleton relating to developments in radio research for World-Radio, Wireless World and other journals, dated 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1920s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications

Press-release regarding R.A. Watson-Watt, and notes for address and speeches by Edward Appleton, 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.46
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The material consist of a 1 page press-release on radar awards to R.A. Watson-Watt, January 1952; an address by Edward Appleton at the Conference of School of Scottish Studies, May 1952; and Appleton’s notes for speeches in Australia, 1952.

Dates: 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications

'Programme of the Division of Radiophysics', August 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.271
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'Programme of the Division of Radiophysics'. The material consists of a report by E.G. Bowen on Australian research, dated August 1946.

Dates: August 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Programme, resolutions and papers for meeting of Mixed Commission on the Ionosphere, 1947-1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.363
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Programme, resolutions and papers for meeting of Mixed Commission on the Ionosphere (Edward Appleton was Chairman), Brussels, July 1947. The material includes a 13 page typescript paper by Appleton and Beynon on 'Some unsolved problems of the ionosphere', paper by Chapman and Kahn on solar flares, and other research reports. Also included is printed matter regarding British papers contributed to U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] General Assembly, Stockholm, 1948.

Dates: 1947-1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale/International Union of Radio Science]

Progress reports on Edward Appleton's research, prepared for Radio Research Board, 1933-c.1936

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.181
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Progress reports on Edward Appleton's research, prepared for Radio Research Board. The material consists of 3 reports: 1933 (King's College, London); no date, c.1934 (King's College, London); and no date, c.1936 (Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge).

Dates: 1933-c.1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Ionisation

Projected layout of chapters of book on the ionosphere, c. 1920-1929

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.18
Scope and Contents

The material consists of an original folder inscribed 'Methuens Monograph' containing projected layout by Edward Appleton for eight chapters, and drafts of chapters 1 and 3. It is believed to have been written in the 1920s, much earlier than the draft in Coll-37/D.17.

Dates: c. 1920-1929
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications / Projected book on the Ionosphere

‘Propagation of electromagnetic waves through an ionized gas in a magnetic field’, c. 1925-1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.201
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‘Propagation of electromagnetic waves through an ionized gas in a magnetic field’. The material consists of a variously paginated and annotated draft by Edward Appleton, no date, c. 1925-1943.

Dates: c. 1925-1943
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magneto-Ionic Theory / Notes and drafts for papers by Edward Appleton