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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Report, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' and copy of typescript letter from R.A. Watson-Watt, 1935-1936, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.248
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Report in French, 'Rapport sur la detection électromagnétique par la télégraphie militaire' [Report on electromagnetic detection by military telegraphy], 1935. The material was sent to Appleton with a covering letter dated 1945 and a note at the end of the report describes it as the only surviving document on French pre-war research of that type, all other records having been destroyed in 1940.



Dates: 1935-1936, 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Reports and data, 1944-1949

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.355
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The material includes a report by H.G. Booker (T.R.E.), dated 1944; a report on eclipse observations in Canada, dated 1946; T.R.E. report and data, dated 1946; comments on a publication, author unknown, dated 1947; and charts and data for Australia, dated 1948-1949.

Dates: 1944-1949
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Solar Noise / Correspondence / Reports and printed matter

Reports and data, 1941

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.254
Scope and Contents Reports and data. The material consists of:‘Ionization in the vicinity of an exploding shell’, a report from the Road Research Laboratory, dated July 1941.'Horizontal and vertical polarisation for R.D.F. [Radio Direction Finding] work'. A report from the Baddow Research Laboratories, dated August 1941.Optimum frequency tables. From the H.M. Signal School, Hademere, dated October 1941.'Experimental determination of the reflection coefficient of...
Dates: 1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Reports and data, mainly of early observations of phenomena, 1936-1941

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.354
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The material consists of reports and data, mainly of early observations of phenomena, sent to Edward Appleton dated 1936-1941. The name of the sender is missing or illegible.

Dates: 1936-1941
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Solar Noise / Correspondence / Reports and printed matter

Reports and newscuttings, 1942

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.257
Scope and Contents Reports and newscuttings. The material consists of:'The limiting ranges of R.D.F. sets over the sea'. A report by F. Hoyle and M.H.L. Pryce for R. D. F. [Radio Direction Finding] Application Committee, Ministry of Supply, dated January 1942.Press-cutting (with scoring by Appleton) from ‘The Engineer’, on the history of radar, dated May 1942.'Reflection of 10 cm radiation by model aircraft'. A report from A.D.R.D.E. Christchurch [Air...
Dates: 1942
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Reports by J.S. Hey and others, 1944-1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.230
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Reports by J.S. Hey and others. The material is on meteors and it includes O.R.G. Report 348 [Army Operational Research Group] describing observations October 1944-April 1946.

Dates: 1944-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Meteor Trails / Correspondence and data

Reports by W.R. Piggott relating to work in the U.S.A., 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/E.96
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The material consists of reports by W.R.Piggott, dated 1950 relating to ionospheric work at various U.S. centres: Harvard, Stanford, and the Carnegie Institute.

Dates: 1950
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

Reports on German Research Institutes, and related committee, 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.6
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The material consists of Reports on German Research Institutes, and related committee, dated 1945.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

Research notes from R. Naismith and L. J. Ingram, some annotated by Edward Appleton, c. 1936-1937

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.82
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Research notes from R. Naismith and L. J. Ingram, some annotated by Edward Appleton, c. 1936-1937.

Dates: c. 1936-1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / F layer / Data and correspondence

Research notes, summaries of results, notes on the literature, narratives, etc., c. 1952-1954

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.139
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Research notes, summaries of results, notes on the literature, narratives, etc. 1 page of the material is by Edward Appleton, and all the rest are in the hand of A.J. Lyon. One piece is dated 1952 and the others are undated, c. 1952-54.

Dates: c. 1952-1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Data and correspondence