How did Max Planck determine the value of his constant?

Subject: How did Max Planck determine the value of his constant?

Date: Wed May 9 18:26:37 2007
Posted by Irwin Weiss
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Los Angeles State/Province: Ca Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1178760397.Ph

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Can you describe his equipment and explain his method of calculation? 
(How could laboratory apparatus in the year 1900 obtain an estimate of such a 
tiny quantity?)

Re: How did Max Planck determine the value of his constant?

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