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The German original was published as “Universelle Bedeutung des Wirkungsquantums” in Proceedings of Tokyo Mathematico-Physical Society 8, 1915, 106–116.Credits of the translation: Karla Pelogia – Philosophisch – Historische Fakultät, Universität Stuttgart Keplerstr. 17, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany, e-mail: karlapelogia@gmail.com; Carlos Alexandre Brasil – São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP), PO Box 369, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil, e-mail: carlosbrasil.physics@gmail.comConventions: The a, b, c letters between brackets indicate the original author’s notes. The numbers indicate the translators analysis. Both the bibliographic citations by the author and by the translators obey the EPJH format. The numbers in the margins indicate the starts of original pages translated.

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Ishiwara, J. The universal meaning of the quantum of action. EPJ H 42, 523–536 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/e2017-80041-1

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