Cavendish Laboratory : H. Lipson with an X-ray camera
Cavendish Laboratory
<p style='text-align: justify;'>During his time in the Cavendish (1938-1945), Henry Lipson supervised his research student Norman Petch in the task of determining the crystal structure of cementite, which required the construction of a large X-ray powder camera 35 cm in diameter. (J. Lipson and N.J. Petch, 'The crystal structure of cementite', J. Iron and Steel Institute, No. 2, 95-106, 1940).</p>