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CHAP. PAGB
XII Quantum Magnetic Tubes in Rotation . . .160
1. The Electric Field of Magnetic Tubes in Rotation . 160
2. A Quantum Magnetic Tube in Rotation . . 162
3. The Equivalent Charge of a Rotating Tube . . 163
4. Electrons regarded as Rotating Tubes . . .165
5. Discussion of the Electronic Models . . .168
PART III
DEVELOPMENT OF THE QUANTUM THEORY
XIII Planck’s Constant and the Electron . . *171
1. The Quantum and the Electron . . . .171
2. The Relation of Lewis and Adams and the Values of>
the Quantum Constants . . . . .174
3. Relations involving the Constant a . . .178
XIV The Structure of Radiation . . . . .184
1. The Nature of Light . . . . . .184
2. Light Quanta . . . . . . -185
3. Propagation along Lines of Force . . . .186
4. Light and Electrons . . . . . .188
5. The Electric Ring Quantum . . . . .190
6. A Magnetic Light Quantum . . . . 194
7. Interference and the Light Quantum Hypothesis . 195
8. Experimental Evidence for Light Quanta . . 197
9. Angular Momentum in Radiation Processes . .199
10. The Theory of de Broglie . . . . .201
XV The Zeeman Effect ....... 204
1. The Discovery of Zeeman and the Classical Explana
tion ......... 204
2. The Quantum Theory of the Zeeman Effect . .206
3. Anomalous Zeeman Effects . . . . .210
4. Multiplicity of Spectral Terms . . . .212
5. Magnetic or Relativity Doublets . . . *215
XVI Spinning Electrons . . . . . . .216
1. Early Work on Spinning Electrons . . .216
2. The Spinning Electron and the Bohr Atom . . 217
3. The Gyromagnetic Electron of L. V. King . . 222
XVII The New Quantum Mechanics ..... 224
1. The Work of Heisenberg ..... 224
2. Matrix Mechanics . . . . . . .227
3. The Quantum Algebra of Dirac . . . .231
4. The Undulatory Mechanics of Schrodinger . . 233
5. Statistical Methods and the Quantum Theory . 240