"The first constant... is connected with the definition of temperature. If temperature were defined as the mean of a molecule in a , which is a minute energy indeed, this constant would have the value â…”. But in the conventional scale of temperature the constant ...[instead] assumes an extremely small value... intimately connected with the energy of a single molecule... [I]ts accurate determination would lead to the calculation of the mass of a molecule and... associated magnitudes. This constant is frequently termed Boltzmann's constant, although to the best of my knowledge Boltzmann... never introduced it (...he, as appears from... his statements, never believed it would be possible to determine this constant accurately)..."
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Max Planck, The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory (June 2, 1920)
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