University of Cambridge Studentship Correspondence Unit

This unit includes correspondence, notes, observational notes, reports, and copies of papers submitted for publication dated 1946-1949, from Bracewell's time at Cavendish Laboratories, University of Cambridge. Also included is correspondence directly related to Bracewell's 1946 application for and receipt of a CSIR Studentship to study at Cambridge, and studentship-related correspondence and notices through his return to Australia in September 1949. Primary correspondents include E.C. Bowen, R. Bureau, L.A. d'Azambuja, M.A. Ellison, R.R. McMath, J.L. Pawsey, J.A. Ratcliffe, and M. Waldmeir. Among the topics discussed are solar flares, phase anomalies, and general information on research, procedures, and personnel at Cavendish. The majority of the correspondence is addressed to Bracewell, with a small number of copies, generally handwritten, of Bracewell's letters addressed to others.

Papers of Ronald N. Bracewell

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1946

1949

Correspondence Series

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