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IN a note in Nature1, an example was given of the use of the 'fly's eye' for X-ray analysis. The reflexions of X-rays by planes around a crystal zone correspond in intensity to the optical spectra produced by a cross-grating, the pattern of which is that of the crystal structure projected on a plane perpendicular to the zone. The 'fly's eye' enables such cross-gratings to be made. The spectra they produce can be compared with the observed X-ray reflexions, thus avoiding the labour of calculation, at any rate in the first stages of the usual trial-and-error method of seeking the solution.
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BRAGG, W., STOKES, A. X-Ray Analysis with the Aid of the "Fly's Eye". Nature 156, 332–333 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156332a0
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