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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

'The E Layer of the Ionosphere', c. 1965

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.50
Scope and Contents

The material consists of a 5 page, heavily corrected manuscript draft of an article for International Dictionary of Geophysics, unfinished at Appleton's death in 1965 and subsequently completed and edited by William John Granville Beynon.

Dates: c. 1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / E layer / Drafts for papers and research notes on collaborative work by Edward Appleton on E layer with A. J. Lyon and A. G. Pritchard

'The effect of high frequency electric fields on ionised gases', c. 1930

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.168
Scope and Contents

'The effect of high frequency electric fields on ionised gases', no date, the latest reference is 1930 and the author is unknown. The material is paginated 26-53, and headed (4a). It perhaps was a section of a major paper or report, describing the work of the King's College team.

Dates: c. 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Ionisation / Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’

'The electron in theory and practice', June 1948

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Identifier: Coll-37/D.35
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'The electron in theory and practice'. This was given by Edward Appleton as the second Dunn Memorial Lecture, given to the Society of Chemical Industry, June 1948, 41 pages manuscript and typescript.

Dates: June 1948
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Lectures, speeches, publications

The Forced Vibration of Electrons in Gases', c. 1927-1931

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.179
Scope and Contents

The Forced Vibration of Electrons in Gases'. The material consists of an 8 page manuscript draft for a paper, author and date unknown, however the latest reference is 1931 .

Dates: c. 1927-1931
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Ionisation / Contents of bulky folder, inscribed by Edward Appleton ‘Ionised Air’

‘The Influence of the Earth's magnetic field on Wireless Transmission', c. 1925-1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.206
Scope and Contents

‘The Influence of the Earth's magnetic field on Wireless Transmission'. The material consists of manuscript draft notes for a paper by Edward Appleton with a partial typed version attached, 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

'The influence of the earth's magnetic field on wireless transmission', 1927, 1955

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.210
Scope and Contents

'The influence of the earth's magnetic field on wireless transmission'. The material consists of a draft of a paper presented by Edward Appleton at the U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique International] General Assembly, Washington, 1927. It includes a typescript and published versions and the typescript draft has a manuscript note by Appleton, who lent it to A.J. Lyon for work at Edinburgh, 1955.

Dates: 1927, 1955
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 / Drafts for 2 U.R.S.I. [Union Radio-Scientifique International] reports by Edward Appleton

'The magneto-ionic Theory', 'Notes on application of Lorentz’ and ‘Results Lorentz notation’, c. 1925-1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.204
Scope and Contents

The material consists of draft notes for 3 papers by Edward Appleton: 'The magneto-ionic Theory', 6 pages, developing Lorentz's Theory; 'Notes on application of Lorentz’, 1 page; and ‘Results Lorentz notation’, 1 page, 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

The material consists of data and reports from observatories and stations at multiple locations, 1932-1964

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.25
Scope and Contents

The material consists of data and reports from observatories and stations at Norway, Sao Paolo, Singapore, Slough (England), Sweden and U.S.A.. The date range is 1932-1964.

Dates: 1932-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Data and reports from observatories and stations

The material consists of data on sunspot cycles, graphs of quiet and disturbed days, etc., 1931-1953

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.55
Scope and Contents

The material consists of data on sunspot cycles dated 1931-1953, graphs of quiet and disturbed days, etc.

Dates: 1931-1953
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / Sunspots

'The morphology of ionospheric storms', c. 1952

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.414
Scope and Contents

'The morphology of ionospheric storms'. The material consists of a 38 page typescript draft by Edward Appleton which is different to the version published in 1952.

Dates: c. 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Additional Material / Ionospheric Storms / Edward Appleton's notes and drafts