X rays and crystal structure . PREFACE. It is now two years since Dr. Laue conceived theidea of employing a crystal as a space diffractiongrating- for X-rays. The successful realisation ofthe idea by Messrs. Friedrich and Knipping hasopened up a wide field, of research in which resultsof great interest and importance have already beenobtained. On the one hand the analysis of X-rayswhich has been rendered possible has led to remark-able conclusions concernincr the atoms which emitthem under the proper stimulus, and has thrown anentirely fresh light on problems of atomic the other h
X rays and crystal structure . PREFACE. It is now two years since Dr. Laue conceived theidea of employing a crystal as a space diffractiongrating- for X-rays. The successful realisation ofthe idea by Messrs. Friedrich and Knipping hasopened up a wide field, of research in which resultsof great interest and importance have already beenobtained. On the one hand the analysis of X-rayswhich has been rendered possible has led to remark-able conclusions concernincr the atoms which emitthem under the proper stimulus, and has thrown anentirely fresh light on problems of atomic the other hand the architecture of crystals hasbeen laid open to examination ; crystallography isno longer obliged to build only on the externalforms of crystals, but on the much firmer basis of anexact knowledoe of the arranoement of the atomswithin. It seems possible also that the thermalmovements of the atoms in the crystal will besusceptible not only of observation but even of exactmeasurement. In order to grasp the meaning and progrxrayscrystalstru00braguoft
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