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IN an earlier communication1 some simple relationships between the fundamental constants e, h, c, G and α were proposed, where G is the usual gravitational constant and α the ratio of proton mass to electron mass. It is now possible to simplify and extend slightly the treatment used previously and to justify to a considerable extent the results then obtained; α will, however, now be taken as the ratio of the mass of the hydrogen atom to that of the electron.
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MARTIN, A. Gravitational and Related Constants. Nature 193, 766 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193766a0
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