on the law of distribution of energy in the normal spectrum：正规光谱中能量分布规.pdf

On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum Max Planck Annalen der Physik, vol. 4, p. 553 ff (1901) A This PDF file was typeset with LT X based on the HTML file at E http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Chem-History/Planck-1901/Planck-1901.html. Please report typos etc. to Koji Ando at Kyoto University (ando@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp). On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum Max Planck Annalen der Physik, vol. 4, p. 553 ff (1901) 1 The recent spectral measurements made by O. Lummer and E. Pringsheim , and even more notable those by H. Rubens and F. Kurlbaum2 , which together confirmed an earlier result obtained by H. Beck- mann3 , show that the law of energy distribution in the normal spectrum, first derived by W. Wien from molecular-kinetic considerations and later by me from the theory of electromagnetic radiation, is not valid generally. In any case the theory requires a correction, and I shall attempt in the following to accomplish this on the basis of the theory of electromagnetic radiation which I developed. For this purpose it will be necessary first to find in the set of conditions leading to Wien’s energy distribution law that term which can be changed; thereafter it will be a matter of removing this term from the set and making an appropriate substitution for it. In my last article4 I showed that the physical foundations of the electromagnetic radiation theory, including the hypothesis of “natural radiation”, withstand the most severe criticism; and since to my knowledge