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IN a recent letter to NATURE (May 12, p. 632) Mr. T. V. Barker takes exception to statements made by the writers in respect to the relation between the symmetry of a crystal and that of its components (G. Shearer, Proc. Phys. Soc., 1923, vol. 35, p. 81, and W. T. Astbury, Proc. Royal Soc., 1923, vol. 102, p. 506). It appears to us that his criticisms are based on certain misapprehensions.
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SHEARER, G., ASTBURY, W. Molecular and Crystal Symmetry. Nature 111, 740–741 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111740b0
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