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XIII.—The Magnetic Character of the Quantum*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2014
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Calamoids—the four-dimensional tubes of electromagnetic force introduced by Professor Whittaker in a communication in November 1921—are not referred to in his work “On the Quantum Mechanism in the Atom” (see pp. 129–142), in which he is content to deal with three dimensions; but there is at least one point of contact between the two papers. The four-dimensional tubes include as particular cases both kinds of Faraday tubes (electric and magnetic), and magnetic forces are treated as on an equality with electric forces. In seeking for a mechanism to elucidate the quantum, a magnetic model is employed; and although Professor Whittaker is careful not to insist on the magnetic structure suggested, careful examination of his paper shows that some form of magnetic element is required both for the absorption of energy by the atom from the electron and for the transformation of the absorbed energy into the radiant form.
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