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See Bohr, N., Phil. Mag., 27, 506 (1914) (see p. 519).
See Larmor's “Mathematical and Physical Papers”, (2 vols., 1929). for several additional historical surveys.
I have already discussed Larmor's originality in this respect; see “On the History of Natural Lengths”, Annals of Science, 10, 20 (1954).
For an analysis of this characteristic of twentieth century physics see Whyte, L. L., Z. Phys., 56, 809 (1929), “The Presence of a Universal Constant with the Dimensions of a Length.” To ensure that I had understood “Larmor's principle” correctly, I sent him a copy of this paper. For his reply (Sept. 27, 1929), see Brit. J. Phil. Sci., 4, 337 (1954).
Particularly after the discovery of h. For references to papers dealing with it before Bohr, see Bohr, N., Phil. Mag., 26, 1 (1913), especially p. 6.
Larmor adopts this term from Kelvin (1884). For references and an improved definition of ‘chirality’ (not assuming, as Larmor does, any unique axis or helical properties), see Whyte, L. L., Nature, 182, 198 (1958).
Whittaker, E. T., loc. cit., 1, 303. See also, Larmor, J., Brit. Assoc. Reports (1900), p. 618.
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WHYTE, L. A Forerunner of Twentieth Century Physics: A Re-View of Larmor's “Aether and Matter”. Nature 186, 1010–1014 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1861010a0
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