“…The microwave measurements of Burrus and Gordy [9] have given very precise values for the ground-state rotational constant, B 0 , and the l -doubling constant, q , of the molecule N 14 N 14 O 16 . Coles and Hughes [10] and Coles, Good, and Lide [11] have made further measurements from which one can obtain B 0 for the isotopes N 14 N 15 O 16 , N 15 N 14 O 16 , and N 14 N 14 O 18 . Combining the results of these workers with the velocity of light (taken as 299,793 km/s) we have calculated these constants in wavenumbers as given in table 1.…”