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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Red loose-leaf ring-back notebook, c. 1954

 Item
Identifier: Coll-37/B.45
Scope and Contents

Red loose-leaf ring-back notebook. It contains various notes and diagrams. Included is a note from C.S. Gillmor 'These notes by EVA [Edward Victor Appleton]are mostly in 1954 prob. [probably] at Mixed Commission on Ionosphere meeting + some notes possibly in few years after '54'.

Dates: c. 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Scientific notebooks

Red softbacked notebook, inscribed inside 'E. V. Appleton. St. John's College, Cambridge', 1919

 Item
Identifier: Coll-37/B.2A
Scope and Contents

Red softbacked notebook, inscribed inside 'E. V. Appleton. St. John's College, Cambridge', dated 1919. Both ends of the item are used. Contains notes (some dated 1919) of experiments on oscillating circuits; notes on glassblowing; notes of work planned, including 'Van der Pol's coils'; and Narrative of experiments conducted.

Dates: 1919
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Scientific notebooks

'Reflections of a Scientific Civil Servant' and notes for a speech on science and government, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.36
Scope and Contents

The material consists of 'Reflections of a Scientific Civil Servant', no date , a 3 page manuscript draft by Edward Appleton, headed 'Chapter I’ perhaps written for a projected longer work; and manuscript notes for a speech on science and government.

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

Report on ‘Alexandra Palace Tests' by T.L. Eckersley, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.269
Scope and Contents

Report on ‘Alexandra Palace Tests' by T.L. Eckersley, dated January 1945. The material relates to on tropospheric propagation and it contains a letter from Appleton and comments on the article by R. L. Smith-Rose.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Report on Australian Ionospheric Services , 1941

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.5
Scope and Contents

The material consists of Report on Australian Ionospheric Services, dated 1941.

Dates: 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

Report on oblique incidence propagation research at Harvard, by W.R. Piggott, 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.286
Scope and Contents

Report on oblique incidence propagation research at Harvard, by W.R. Piggott. Sent with a covering letter on current U.S.A. projects, dated 1950.

Dates: 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radio Reception

'Report on Short Wave Pulse Reception from Montreal-September 1934-October 1935', March 1936

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.282
Scope and Contents

The materia consists of 'Report on Short Wave Pulse Reception from Montreal-September 1934-October 1935', published by the Radio Research Board, March 1936.

Dates: March 1936
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radio Reception

Report on wave interaction and Program of Joint Meeting of U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale], 1947

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.362
Scope and Contents

The material consists of two copies of report on wave interaction by Radio Research Board for U.R.S.I [Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale] 8th General Assembly, May 1947; and Program of joint meeting, Washington, October 1947.

Dates: 1947
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]

Report on work on ionospheric physics (D.S.I.R. [Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]), 1954

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.15
Scope and Contents

The material consists of report on work on ionospheric physics (D.S.I.R. [Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]), dated 1954.

Dates: 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

Report on work on ionospheric physics (Radio Research Board), 1954

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.16
Scope and Contents

The material consists of report on work on ionospheric physics (Radio Research Board), dated 1954.

Dates: 1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports