Conference on X-Ray Analysis

Abstract

THE second Annual Conference of the X-Ray Analysis Group of the Institute of Physics, and the fourth Conference on X-Rays in Industry which the Institute has arranged, was held in London at the Royal Institution during April 12–13. The Conference was an open one, and the attendance was about two hundred and fifty. The chairman, Sir Lawrence Bragg, opened by thanking the Royal Institution for the use of its premises, and welcomed scientific visitors from the Continent, who for the first time were able to be present at the Conference. Speaking of the X-Ray Analysis Group, Sir Lawrence reported briefly on its work during the past year. It now has 187 members, and in addition to its annual conference it held a meeting in Leeds last November on the performance of X-ray tubes. The committee has also produced recommendations for the design and dimensions of a standard powder camera¹, and has in hand the revision and reproduction of Beevers-Lipson strips for Fourier analysis. It was hoped that the Group might sponsor the publication of a journal for papers on the atomic structure of matter and allied subjects. The chairman, secretary-treasurer, and ten members of committee of the Group were declared elected, in the absence of further nominations. A warm vote of thanks was made to Dr. Lipson for his work for the Group since its formation; his place as honorary secretary-treasurer is to be taken by Mr. F. A. Bannister (Minerals Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, S.W.7).