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AN agreed unit is far more important than the name chosen. ‘Balmer’ seems as suitable as ‘Rydberg’, though I have never met the ‘Balmer’ in the literature. A choice would best be made by an official body the decision of which would be generally accepted.
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CANDLER, C. A Unit of Wave-number. Nature 167, 1075 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1671075b0
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