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Abstract

Alex McAulay, M.A. (Professor of Mathematics University or Tasmania).
The problem of matter: protons, electrons,
and the Bohr orbits.
Starting from Einstein's illuminating article in
"Nature" we have now arrived at a beautifully rounded
off relativity schema of physics. In direct contrast
however to Einstein's concluding words, we appear to
have obtained a very promising insight into the true
nature of the problem presented by matter, and in what
direction to attack the position.
Submitting ourselves with severe interpretation to
the ordinance "do naught but carry relativity tenets
as far as possible",we have found many detailed results harmonizing with natural (as opposed to a priori)
physics, and not a little which was lacking from former presentations or relativity. Examples are the
conservation of energy, the existence of a true energy tensor, and the formulation as an identity or the
laws of motion, understood here to include eleotric
field and gravitation. We shall now show that great
atomic concentrations of matter and of electric charge each necessarily presuppose the other. Later,
general reasons will be given for expecting such concentrations,
and something very like the Bohr orbits
accompanying them.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	McAulay, Alexander
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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