On the constitution of atoms and molecules

by Niels Bohr

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While there obviously can be no question of a mechanical foundation of the calculations given in this paper, it is, however, possible to give a very simple interpretation of the result of the calculation on [p. 5] by help of symbols taken from the ordinary mechanics. Denoting the angular momentum of the electron round the nucleus by

, we have immediately for a circular orbit