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PROF. A. J. RUTGERS in Nature of September 19, 1959, and Dr. R. L. Worrall in Nature of February 27, 1960, pointed out that the ratio of proton to electron mass could be calculated from simple functions. It appears that the masses of most elementary particles can be calculated, approximately, using three quantities, h, Planck's constant, a, the fine structure constant, and e, the base of the natural logarithms. The calculated values obtained are in good agreement with the known values.
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HORNING, S. Mass of Elementary Particles. Nature 186, 708 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186708a0
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