On the Quantum Theory of Radiation and the Structure of the Atom

by Niels Bohr

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First edition

FIRST EDITION, OFFPRINT, of Bohr's 1915 paper identifying conclusive experimental evidence for his model of the atom. The central assumption in the Bohr model that 'stationary electron orbits' exist in atoms and molecules received justification in the crucial experiments of James Frank 1882-1964 and Gustav Hertz 1878-1975 in Berlin although at the time the authors misinterpreted their results. They noted that electrons in mercury vapor undergo

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