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Found in 908 Collections and/or Records:

'Washington Monthly Means of fE'., c. 1932-1958

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.11
Scope and Contents

The material consists of an original file entitled 'Washington Monthly Means of fE'.

Dates: c. 1932-1958
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / fE

'Wellenausbreitung in ionisierten Gasen unter dem Einfluss eines Magnetfelds', c.1925-1926, 1978

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.215
Scope and Contents 'Wellenausbreitung in ionisierten Gasen unter dem Einfluss eines Magnetfelds'. The material consists of a manuscript narrative and calculations by Wilhelm Altar, variously paginated. Professor C.S. Gillmor described this document as 'very important for the history of the ionosphere' and gave its date as 'late 1925 - early 1926' in a private communication on 4 December 1978. The document was registered for copyright by Dr Altar, 1978. There are brief notes by Appleton on the title sheet and 2...
Dates: c.1925-1926, 1978
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magneto-Ionic Theory / Correspondence and data / Correspondence and material by W. Altar

W.G. Baker: Anomalous magnetic variations near the Equator, no date

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.20
Scope and Contents

The material consists of report, 'W.G. Baker: Anomalous magnetic variations near the Equator', no date.

Dates: no date
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports

'Wilson's Theory of Thunderstorms', c. 1920

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.192
Scope and Contents

The material consists of 5 pages of manuscript notes, probably taken c.1920 and with annotations added later in blue pencil. Also included is a sequence of manuscript notes by another, on the same subject, and a reprint of C.T.R. Wilson's Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Paper 'Investigations on lightning discharges and on the electric field of thunderstorms', 1920.

Dates: c. 1920
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magnetic Storms / Notes and Drafts

'Work of R.D.F. Application Committee' [Radar Direction Finding], c. 1945

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.267
Scope and Contents

'Work of R.D.F. Application Committee' [Radar Direction Finding]. The material consists of a 5 page typescript for a speech or report. The author is unknown, but it has manuscript corrections by Appleton, no date and refers to study of 'angels' (radar echoes from unidentified objects).

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

'Work on Electron Density for Puerto Rico', 1959-1962

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Identifier: Coll-37/F.2
Scope and Contents

File entitled 'Work on Electron Density for Puerto Rico'. The material consists of an original folder of graphs and values, using data from March 1959-March 1962. A full list of contents is written on the front cover of the folder.

Dates: 1959-1962
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Charts, graphs, data / Electron density

Work relating to the ‘Luxembourg Effect’, 1934

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.280
Scope and Contents

Work relating to the ‘Luxembourg Effect’, dated 1934. The material consists of a research proposal on ‘The Interaction of Radio Waves', put by R. Naismith to the Superintendent, Radio Department (a 2 page manuscript dated 14 December 1934); comments by Committee Secretary ‘J. F. H.’ [Herd], 3 pages of manuscript, dated 18 December 1934, with a covering letter; a letter on Luxembourg strength, from the B.B.C .; and a related offprint.

Dates: 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Radio Reception

World-wide distribution of ES Ionisation (Marconi Co. Ltd., RD729), 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/G.9
Scope and Contents

The material consists of report, 'World-wide distribution of ES Ionisation (Marconi Co. Ltd., RD729)'

Dates: 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Reports and printed matter / Preprints and limited circulation reports