CALENDAR 1920 6 0 5
proof of Moszkowski 1921. It was sent to a Danish publisher
to solicit a Danish translation. [44 490].
1-page TLS from Martin Knudsen. Endorses Helge Horst’s
finding, and proposes to advise the author or the publisher
against publishing the incorrect passages. [44 491].
1-page TLS from Slowo publishing house. Requests a short
introduction to the Russian edition of the 8th (?) edition of
Einstein 1917a translated by G. B. Itelson and published by
Slowo. [41 1025].
November 7 Returns to Berlin.
The Chancellor of the Order Pour le mérite for Science and
the Arts (Peace Class), Adolf von Harnack, informs the
ministry of education of the election of new members,
among them Einstein. GyBSA, I. HA, Rep. 76 Vc, Sekt. 1,
Tit. 2, Teil 2, Nr. 7, Bd. 7, Bl. 310. [85 448].
4-page ALS from Hugh Chisholm. Solicits article of about
8,000 words on relativity for the new volumes of the Ency-
clopaedia Britannica. Offers £4 for 1,000 words and wants
the manuscript no later than next May. [43 636].
2-page ALS from Gerrit Mannoury. Acknowledges receipt
of Einstein 1920j and conjectures on the possibility of
defin-11,
ing a general relativistic kinematics on the basis of world-
lines and points alone. [44 382].
November 8 1-page TLC from Ilse Einstein to Vieweg publishing house
on behalf of Einstein. Referring to Vieweg’s letter of 29
October, in Calendar, regrets the earlier loss of checks and
asks that future payments be transferred directly to his bank.
The galleys of the French edition of Einstein 1917a will be
returned to Gauthier-Villars publishing house. [42 076].
November 9 Foreword to Itelson’s Russian translation of Einstein 1917a
(Vol. 6, Doc. 42, note 4).
2-page TLS circular from Otto Bauer and Sigmund (Zsig-M
mond) Kunfy, Arbeiter-Zeitung, Vienna, on soliciting signa-1
tures for a protest against treating leading personalities of
the Hungarian Soviet Republic as common criminals in
their trial in Hungary. [34 407].
November 10 1-page TLS from Friedrich Schmidt-Ott. The KWIP board
of trustees instructed Mendelssohn & Co to transfer
10,000 M for Gerhard Hettner. GyBP, I. Abt., Rep. 1A,
Nr. 1657. [77 328].
ing a general relativistic kinematics on the basis of world-
lines and points alone. [44 382].
November 8 1-page TLC from Ilse Einstein to Vieweg publishing house
on behalf of Einstein. Referring to Vieweg’s letter of 29
October, in Calendar, regrets the earlier loss of checks and
asks that future payments be transferred directly to his bank.
The galleys of the French edition of Einstein 1917a will be
returned to Gauthier-Villars publishing house. [42 076].
November 9 Foreword to Itelson’s Russian translation of Einstein 1917a
(Vol. 6, Doc. 42, note 4).
2-page TLS circular from Otto Bauer and Sigmund (Zsig-
mond) Kunfy, Arbeiter-Zeitung, Vienna, on soliciting signa-
tures for a protest against treating leading personalities of
the Hungarian Soviet Republic as common criminals in
their trial in Hungary. [34 407].
November 10 1-page TLS from Friedrich Schmidt-Ott. The KWIP board
of trustees instructed Mendelssohn & Co to transfer
10,000 M for Gerhard Hettner. GyBP, I. Abt., Rep. 1A,
Nr. 1657. [77 328].
November 11 Date of Einstein’s letter to Emil Ludwig (11 September, in
Calendar) according to Helmut Tenner catalog, Auction
8–9 October 1958, lot 33. [78 250].
after November 11 “Private Expert Opinion for Telefunken on the Patents of
Meissner and Kühn” (Vol. 7, Doc. 48).
November 13 Attends conference of KWG directors (in Haber’s home).
GyBP, I. Abt., Rep. 1A, Nr. 857, Bl. 192. [77 737].
4-page ALS from Paul Kronthal. Because he has the
impression that Einstein often crosses the border between
physics and metaphysics, attaches his book Kronthal 1908.
[120 402].
November 15 First session of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
The 6th general meeting of the KWG reports on 50,000
spent on KWIP in the fiscal year 1919/1920. Budget for
April 1920 to 31 March 1921 [77 099] is supplied. GyBP,
I. Abt., Rep. 1A, Nr. 62. [77 127].
TLC from Ilse Einstein to Gerhard Hettner on behalf of
KWIP board of trustees. 10,000 M is allocated for a grating
spectrophotometer and a reflection grating. [78 079].