TABLES I AND II

 

TABLE I: Recommended values for Planck’s constant, h; the ratio h/e; electron rest mass, m; and the Rydberg constant, R∞.

Date

h

h/e

m

R∞

Reference

1939
6.6214
1.3793
9.1028
109737.42
130
1941
6.6242
1.37933
9.1066
109737.303
131
1947
6.6237
1.37926
9.1055
109737.300
132
1950
6.62363
1.37930
9.1071
109737.323
133
1952
6.6252
1.37943
9.1085
109737.309
134
1955
6.62517
1.37942
9.1083
109737.309
135
1963
6.62559
1.379474
9.10908
109737.310
136
1965
6.62592
1.379500
9.10934
109737.310
137
1969
6.626196
1.3795234
9.109558
109737.307
138
1973
6.626227
1.3795017
9.109560
109737.3177
139
1986
6.6260755
1.37951075
9.1093897
109737.3534
140
1998
6.6260687
1.37951011
9.10938188
109737.31568549
141
2002
6.6260693
1.37951016
9.1093826
109737.31568525
142


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE II: Birge’s recommended values of the velocity of light, c [57, 143]

Author

Method

Date

Value of c ( x 105 km/s)

revised by

Cornu-Helmert Toothed Wheel 1874.8 2.99990  Birge
Michelson Rotating Mirror 1879.5  2.99910 Birge
Newcomb Rotating Mirror 1882.7  2.99860 Birge
Michelson Rotating Mirror 1882.8  2.99853 Birge
Perrotin Toothed Wheel 1902.4  2.99901 Birge
Rosa & Dorsey Electrical Units 1906.0  2.99803 Froome & Essen
Mercier Waves on Wires 1923.0  2.99795 Froome & Essen
Michelson Polygonal Mirror 1926.5  2.99798 Birge
Mittelstaedt Kerr Cell 1928.0  2.99786 Birge
Pease & Pearson Polygonal Mirror 1932.5  2.99774 Birge
Anderson Kerr Cell 1936.8  2.99771 Birge
Huttel Kerr Cell 1937.0  2.99771 Birge
Anderson Kerr Cell 1940.0  2.99776 Birge

 

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