Because [a constant in the radiation law] represents the product of energy and time... I described it as the elementary quantum of action.... As long as it was looked on as infinitely small... everything was fine; but in the general case, however, a gap opened wide somewhere or other, which became more striking the weaker and faster the vibrations considered.
Dahil [sa isang pare-pareho sa radiation ng batas] ay kumakatawan sa mga produkto ng enerhiya at oras... I inilarawan ito bilang ng elementarya kabuuan ng action.... Hangga't ito ay tumingin sa maliit na bilang walang hanggan... lahat ng bagay ay pagmultahin; ngunit sa pangkalahatang kaso, gayunpaman, ang isang puwang sa tabi-tabi binuksan malawak o iba pa, na kung saan ay naging mas maraming nag-aaklas ang weaker at mas mabilis na isinasaalang-alang ang vibrations.