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CONSIDERATIONS having no bearing on the present subject lead to the conclusion that the spin of elementary particles can be computed if the gravitational constant and the velocity of light are known ; and further that the protonic spin is slightly greater than the electronic spin. Should these considerations prove correct, the two conditions mentioned suggest that the Planck constant has not the meaning of a universal physical constant, and that its numerical value is always dependent on the value of the spin of the elementary particle taking part in the physical phenomenon in question. Accordingly, to mention only a simple example, in the case of Bohr's atom model, the principal quantum number does not correspond to the equation
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BARNÓTHY, J. Quantization of the Solar System. Nature 157, 808 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157808c0
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