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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Ring-back loose-leaf notebook, labelled 'Tromsö', c. 1932-1935

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.310
Scope and Contents Ring-back loose-leaf notebook, labelled 'Tromsö', both ends of book used. The material consists of the following: at front of the book there is a sequence of runs at Tromsö, 23 July- 13 August by Edward Appleton, 30 August-6 September by G. Builder. It continues with typescript data of critical frequencies at Slough October-November 1932, Appleton's manuscript notes on the literature, Chapman, Lormor, etc. At the rear of the book is a journal by Appleton, beginning on a train from London, 9...
Dates: c. 1932-1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Second Polar Year

Ring-back notebook, with a few loose pages inserted, c. 1934-1951

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.256
Scope and Contents Ring-back notebook, with a few loose pages inserted. The material consists of typescript and manuscript notes, mainly on radar, reflection coefficient and similar topics, including notes on the literature, summaries of wartime research reports and committee meetings, notes of discussions, visits to laboratories and research stations, ideas for research, etc. It mainly runs from 1941-1943, but also includes a few references from 1939, and press-cuttings on 'Radar and the weather', dated...
Dates: c. 1934-1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radar

Rotation, Philosphy, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/12
Scope and Contents

Volume contains lecture notes, with only one or two diagrams, of the physics of rotating bodies, and of the nature of physics itself.

Dates: c1780-c1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

Scientific reports, 1932-1940

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.404
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a report on absorption, c. 1936; research report for D.S.I.R.[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research] by J.W. Findlay, dated 1937-1938; draft paper by J.H. Piddington, c.1938; report on differentiating circuit, c.1938; 2 Reports from Marconi, dated 1938; and other reports, dated 1932-1940 all in the original binder.

Dates: 1932-1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / Absorption / 'General Theory of Absorption' / 'Absorption R.R.B. [Radio Research Board] Report'

Seasonal Anomaly, c. 1930s-1945

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.301-C.303
Scope and Contents

The material in this sub-series, little of which is dated, is scanty and refers mainly to work done in the 1930s with data up to 1945. Edward Appleton did further research on the subject of seasonal variation in the 1950s with the assistance of A.J. Lyon and C.P. Bell. It consists of 3 files.

Dates: c. 1930s-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics

Sequence of charts of comparative magnetic activity at Slough and Tromsö, August 1932-May 1933

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.314
Scope and Contents

Sequence of charts of comparative magnetic activity at Slough and Tromsö. The material was compiled as part of Polar Year Programme and the data runs from August 1932-May 1933.

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

Sequence of drafts, data and correspondence exchanged chiefly with R. Naismith, 1936-1940

 sub-subseries
Identifier: Coll-37/C.39-C.43
Scope and Contents

Sequence of drafts, data and correspondence exchanged chiefly with R. Naismith, mainly on research, analyses of results and drafting of collaborative papers on E-layer. Naismith's material is usually dated and Appleton's notes, comments and suggestions have been tentatively assigned a place on internal evidence.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / E layer

Sequence of drafts for slide lectures, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.71
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a sequence of drafts for slide lectures, numbered 1-4, typescript and manuscript, no date and author unknown (perhaps not by Edward Appleton); and notes for a similar unnumbered lecture, on radio-communication.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications / Notes and drafts for Edward Appleton's lectures and papers

Sequences of manuscript notes by Edward Appleton and related publications, c. 1930s and c. 1950s

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.70
Scope and Contents

The material consists of sequences of manuscript notes by Edward Appleton and related publications. It related to phase velocity, circuits, V.H.F., absorption, etc. It is probably dated c. 1930s with some dated c. 1950s.

Dates: c. 1930s and c. 1950s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications / Notes and drafts for Edward Appleton's lectures and papers

Serenissimo Principo ac Domino Georgio ... Daniae, 1702

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [056]
Scope and Contents

A draft dedication of Elementa Physicae et Geometricae to its patron, George, Prince of Denmark.

Dates: 1702
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio E