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A STIMMBB school in X-ray crystallography applied to industrial problems is being arranged by the Departments of Physics and of Mineralogy and Petrology in co-operation with the Board of Extramural Studies of the University of Cambridge, and will be under the direction of Dr. W. A. Wooster, University lecturer in the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, and of Dr. H. Lipson, assistant in experimental research in crystallography. The number of practical applications of X-ray crystal analysis in industry has greatly increased, and it is quite probable that the usefulness of X-ray crystallography in the solution of industrial problems is not fully appreciated by technical men attached to industrial organizations. There is a growing need for the proper training of such technical men in this type of work, even though a working knowledge of it may have been acquired already. The chief aim of the summer school will be to give a training in the fundamentals of the subject, to bring workers into touch with the wide range of methods used, to teach them the newest techniques, and to indicate the many types of industrial problems in which this work can be used with advantage. Emphasis will be laid on practical work both with apparatus and in the interpretation of various kinds of X-ray photographs. The course is designed to extend from September 6 until September 18, but it will be possible to attend for either week only. In view of the present shortage of staff, apparatus and materials, the numbers attending the school will be limited; 'application to attend must be made before July 26. Further information can be obtained from the Secretary of the Board of Extra-mural Studies, Stuart House, Mill Lane, Cambridge.
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Summer School in X-Ray Crystallography. Nature 152, 46 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152046a0
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