Reprint of two papers by Max Laue (1879-1960) and others, given at a meeting of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences on 8 June and 6 July 1912

Description

Volume of a reprint of two papers presented to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich Germany, on 8 June and 6 July 1912. This was the first paper ever published on the diffraction of X-rays by crystals. The full details of the papers are as follows:


- Laue, M., Friedrich, W. and Knipping, P, 'Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen.' Vorgelegt an der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenshcaften, 8 Juni 1912, Munchen. Deutschland.


- Laue. M., 'Eine quantitative Prüfung der Theorie für die Interferenz-Erscheinungen bei Röntgenstrahlen.' Vorgelegt an der Bayerische Akademie der Wissenshcaften, 6 Juli 1912, Munchen. Deutschland.


The papers are in German, and the item has annotations, some reportedly in the hand of Professor Max Laue, relating to presenting it to Professor Hendrik Lorentz (1853-1928), the Dutch physicist. Also has the signature of 'E Rutherford' [Ernest Rutherford, (1871-1937) 1st Baron Rutherford, physicist]; and 'E.G. Cox 1933', both on the front cover.


The reprint is accompanied by a letter from Professor E.G. Cox, Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, relating to presenting the item to the Brotherton Library in January 1949. The letter notes that the reprint came into the possession of Lord Rutherford, who then passed it on to Sir William Bragg who then gave it to Cox. The letter has a bookplate for the University of Leeds Library on the verso, with a note on the gift.

Biography or history

Max von Laue (1879-1960) was a German physicist, best known for his work which won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1914, for the discovery of the diffraction of X-rays on crystals. Laue's work opened the way for Sir William Henry and Sir William Lawrence Bragg's research which saw them also win a Nobel Prize the following year.


Source:

Nobel Prize website, Nobel Prizes and Laureates, 'Max von Laue - Biographical', https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1914/laue-bio.html

Provenance

Presented to the Brotherton Library on 13 January 1949 by Professor E.G. Cox,

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