e may regard as finely polished for visible REFLECTION OF X-RAYS 265 light, would therefore be an exceedingly rough structure forthe very short waves. In the discussion of reflection in chapterIV, it was stated that each point in the straight line MN offigure 23 representing the reflecting surface… … B -I A i— Jf Figure 132 a reflecting surface might look like if it were magnified tillindividual atoms became clearly perceptible. The continuousstraight line MN of figure 23 has become a somewhat irregularrow of atoms forming the top layer of a body composed ofmany such atoms. When the wavefront…
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