Abstract
AFTER a rather quiescent period, the study of crystals sprang into great activity as soon as it was discovered that crystalline materials could be used as three dimensional gratings for radiation of the wave-lengths of X-rays. The earlier work of crystallographers on the theory of space groups was presented in forms more useful for the new developments by Wyckhoff and by Astbury and Yardley. The Laue and Bragg methods, and the powder photographic method, were employed in the analysis of the internal structures of the simpler substances, and the subject advanced at a rapid rate.
A Study of Crystal Structure and its Applications
By Prof. Wheeler P. Davey. (International Series in Physics.) Pp. xi + 695. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1934.) 45s. net.
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GIBBS, R. A Study of Crystal Structure and its Applications. Nature 136, 528–529 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136528a0
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