All black body radiations,
All the spectrum variations,
All atomic oscillations
Vary as "hv".
Chorus
Here’s the right relation,
Governs radiation,
Here’s the new
And only true,
Electrodynamical equation;
Never mind your d/dt^2,
Ve or one-half mv^2
(If you watch the factor "c^2")
‘s equal to "hv."
Ultraviolet vibrations,
X-ray and gamma-ray pulsations,
Ordinary light sensations
All obey "hv."
Even in matters calorific,
Such things as the heat specific
Yield to treatment scientific
If you use "hv."
In all questions energetic,
Whether static or kinetic,
Or electric or magnetic,
You must use "hv."
There would be a mighty clearance.
We should all be Planck’s adherents,
Were it not that interference
Still defies "hv."
-- G. Shearer, Science News-Letter, Oct. 1, 1927
Table of Contents -- 7/19/97
