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The Values of e, h, e/m, and Mp/m

Nature volume 127, page 557 (1931)Cite this article

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IN a recent paper,1 I showed that the six methods usually used for deducing the value of Planck's constant, h, could be used collectively to evaluate both e and h, without assuming any direct determination of e (such as that of Millikan). This seems to be the most accurate way of estimating e and h that is so far available.

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  1. Phil. Mag., December 1930.

  2. Phys. Rev. Suppl., vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 48–57.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Reading,

    W. N. BOND

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BOND, W. The Values of e, h, e/m, and Mp/m. Nature 127, 557 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127557b0

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