On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules
Article
Formal Antecedent
Foundations and Logic
Citation
Niels Bohr. (1913). On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules. Philosophical Magazine. 26. pp. 1–25.
Why this reference is included
Bohr’s 1913 On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules, published in Philosophical Magazine, is one of the program’s working technical references. Cited across Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 1, Chapter Hydrogen: The First Atom; Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 2, Chapter Characters as Quantum Addresses; Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 6, Chapter The Hydrogen Atom: Bohr Radius and Rydberg Constant — the central framing is “The Bohr model (1913) postulated discrete orbits”.
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 1Chapter Hydrogen: The First Atom
The Bohr model (1913) postulated discrete orbits
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 2Chapter Characters as Quantum Addresses
Bohr's 1913 atomic model quantized angular momentum in units of —geometrically, this corresponds to integer winding numbers around closed orbits
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 6Chapter The Hydrogen Atom: Bohr Radius and Rydberg Constant
The Bohr Radius The Bohr radius is the characteristic length of the electron mode in the hydrogen ground state: a_0 = m_e c α ≈ 5.292 × 10^-11 m. Bohr introduced a_0 in 1913 by quantising the angular momentum of circular orbits in integer multiples of