space-lattice

However, the theoretical basis of a space-lattice was unknown and thus it was first necessary for von Laue to develop this theory if else the investigation were to have a value.

Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 - Presentation 1967

Amalfi did not know how well that field would take to being tipped in the space-lattice which it distorted, nor just what would happen to He when the city's spindizzies polarized the whole gravity field.

Cities In Flight Blish, James 1957

Many institutes in Munich University had mathematical models of these proposed space-lattice structures, mainly thanks to the enthusiastic support of the theory by the crystallographer Paul von Groth, but no one had yet proved that crystals have this structure. von Groth was another frequent participant of the Hofgarten café circle, and thanks to him von Laue quickly learned about crystal optics, and soon became known as a local specialist in the subject.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 - Perspectives 1914

In a single elegant experiment, von Laue had proven the wave-like nature of X-rays and the space-lattice structure of crystals at the same time.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 - Perspectives 1914

In 1850, Auguste Bravais had suggested that crystals are made up from atoms arranged in regularly ordered, repeating geometric patterns in three dimensions – known because of their appearance as space-lattice structures.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1914 - Perspectives 1914