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Wave-numbers for the two isotopes of hydrogen chloride in the bands at 3.5\ensuremath{\mu} and 1.76\ensuremath{\mu} have been fitted to formulae cubic in the rotational quantum number. From these formulae the constants of the molecule have been determined in accordance with the energy expression for the rotating dipole as derived by means of wave mechanics.