Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

A New Type of ‘X-Ray Microscope’

Nature volume 143, page 678 (1939)Cite this article

Abstract

A STANDARD method of X-ray analysis consists in measuring the strength of the diffracted beams corresponding to a series of reflections around a crystal zone (for example, the reflections with indices hol around the b axis), and then forming a double Fourier series with the amplitudes F as coefficients.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to the full article PDF.

USD 39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Z. Krist., 69, 168 (1928).

  2. Z. Krist., 70, 475 (1929).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge

    W. L. BRAGG

Authors
  1. W. L. BRAGG
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

BRAGG, W. A New Type of ‘X-Ray Microscope’. Nature 143, 678 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143678a0

Download citation

  • Issue date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/143678a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing