How cite sources of 100 years old analytical technique at a basic level

In my master's thesis in inorganic characterization, I have a theory chapter about x-ray (powder) diffraction. This technique is almost 100 years old, and have been described in a vast number of books, articles, and web-pages.

I could easily take any book about x-ray diffraction and just cite that book, but I don't want to keep citing the same book every four sentences for basic knowledge. So I was thinking that something like the following might be suited:

"The principles of x-ray diffraction are described in a number of books [1-4], articles [5-9], and web-pages [10-13]. The theory presented in this section is just a brief summary of what one might encounter is published works, such as those cited above."

This way I give some sources of the principles of XRD, and I explain that what I present could be found in the cited sources. Thus, I don't need to cite anything in-text, and the reading is easier.

Is this approach acceptable?