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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

Spiral-bound notebook, c. 1950

 Item
Identifier: Coll-37/B.56
Scope and Contents

Spiral-bound notebook. It contains scientific and university notes, the latest is dated 1950.

Dates: c. 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Scientific notebooks

'Storm phenomena and the solar cycle variations of the noon F2 layer ionisation', c. 1954

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/C.79
Scope and Contents

'Storm phenomena and the solar cycle variations of the noon F2 layer ionisation'. The material consists of a 10 page typescript draft, an early version of the paper by Appleton and Piggott published in Physics of the Ionosphere, 1954, with a manuscript note by Piggott, 'original draft replaced by now'.

Dates: c. 1954
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

‘Storms D(fF2)/Q(fF2) and O/W type curves’, c. 1935-1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.53
Scope and Contents

The material consists of file created by Edward Appleton entitled ‘Storms D(fF2)/Q(fF2) and O/W type curves’. It contains extensive data and graphs by William Piggott, Mrs. Pritchard and others, dated mainly 1945-1952 and it Includes a graph of sunspot cycle variation, by Piggott, dated 1935-1948.

Dates: c. 1935-1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / Sunspots

Student notes on natural philosophy taken by George Dalgliesh

 Collection — Box CLX-A-1677
Identifier: Coll-2012
Content Description

This notebook contains lectures on the works of Aristotle, dictated by Thomas Craufurd, Regent of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, and taken down by student George Dalgliesh. The lectures cover the third and fourth years of Dalgliesh’s degree, and, besides logic and metaphysics, deal with scientific subjects such as physics, astronomy, and anatomy. The notes are embellished with humorous doodles.

Dates: 1660-1662
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Studies of 1/N dN/dt for Talara, c. 1964

 File
Identifier: Coll-37/F.4
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a file relating to studies of 1/N dN/dt for Talara. It includes some material in Edward Appleton’s hand.

Dates: c. 1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / Equatorial anomaly

'Studies of the F2 Layer of the Ionosphere II. The Sunspot-Cycle Variation of Ionisation in the F2 Layer', c. 1950

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.78
Scope and Contents 'Studies of the F2 Layer of the Ionosphere II. The Sunspot-Cycle Variation of Ionisation in the F2 Layer'. The material consists of a 16 page typescript draft with manuscript notes by Edward Appleton and Mrs Pritchard, and 1 page of comments in another hand expressing caution. Appleton published Part I of ‘Studies of the F2 Layer' in Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics, Part I in 1950, but no Part II is listed...
Dates: c. 1950
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

'Study of Recurrence Tendencies in Ionospheric Storms', May 1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.115
Scope and Contents

'Study of Recurrence Tendencies in Ionospheric Storms'. 5 page typescript, dated 1958.

Dates: May 1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Drafts and ideas for research

Summarium nostra Astronomiae Phys: et Geom:, c1690

 Item
Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [56(2)]
Scope and Contents

One-page summary of Gregory's major textbook.

Dates: c1690
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

'Summary of Edinburgh findings on the equatorial anomaly', November 1962

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.116
Scope and Contents

'Summary of Edinburgh findings on the equatorial anomaly'. 2 page typescript, dated November 1962.

Dates: November 1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / General Ionospheric Topics / Drafts and ideas for research

‘Summary of Reports on W. G. Y’, August 1926-December 1926

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.276
Scope and Contents

‘Summary of Reports on W. G. Y’. the material consists of a 14 page manuscript account of radio reception at various wavelengths, dated August-December 1926. Author unknown.

Dates: August 1926-December 1926
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radio Reception