Who Developed the Sequential Stern-Gerlach Apparatus and Formalism?

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The sequential Stern-Gerlach apparatus experiments were primarily developed by Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach in the early 1920s. Their work laid the foundation for quantum mechanics and the understanding of atomic spin. The original paper detailing these experiments is "The Discrete Nature of Atomic Energy Levels," published in 1922. This formalism has since been crucial in various fields of physics, particularly in quantum mechanics and atomic physics.

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Wondering who did the sequential Stern-Gerlach apparati experiments and who developed the ensuing formalism. If you could tell me the original paper sources without much trouble that would be great. Thanks.
 
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