CALENDAR 1917 1013
December
14
1-page
ALSX
to
Hans Tanner
enclosing a
recommendation
for
a
position
at
the Technikum Winterthur. An
earlier
rec-
ommendation had
not arrived,
and Einstein
hopes
that this
one
will not be held
up
at
the border. Provenance: Andreas
Alther,
St. Gallen.
[78 818].
The recommendation
was
enclosed with Hans Tanner
to
Erziehungsdirektion,
Canton
of
Zurich, 19
December
1917. Provenance:
SzZSa,
U
113
c/4,
Nr. 5433.
Obituary
for Marian
von
Smoluchowski is
published
(Vol.
6,
Doc.
48).
December
16
Announcement of
founding
of
the
KWI,
soliciting
research
grant
applications
and
referring
further
inquiries
to
Einstein,
signed by
the members
of
the board
of
directors:
Einstein,
Haber, Nernst, Rubens,
and
Warburg.
Provenance:
Vossische
Zeitung, Morning
Edition,
2d
Supplement:
"Finanz- und
Handelsblatt,"
p.
3.
[79 978].
December
17
2-page
AKS from the
engineer
Ruff
requesting
information
on
the research
conditions
of the KWI.
The
postcard
is
addressed "Herrn
Prof.
Einstein
Berlin-Schöneberg
Haber-
landstraße 5" with sender’s
stamp
"Ruff
Ingenieur
Frankfurt
a.
M."
and "Moltke-Allée bis" added
by
hand;
postmarked
"Frankfurt
(Main)
West
13
17.12.17.
1-2N[achmittags]."
Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9,
Mappe
Ruff.
[77
597].
December
18
1-page
ALS
from Richard
Müller in
Lichtenberg-Berlin
requesting
conditions for
experimental testing
at the KWI
of
his invention
of
directly converting
coal into
electricity.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
R.
Müller.
[77 927].
1-page ALS to Prussian Minister
of
Education
August von
Trott
zu
Solz,
thanking
for the one-time subvention
of
3000
marks. Provenance:
GyBSa,
Rep.
76
Vc,
Sekt.
2,
Tit.
23,
Litt.
F,
Nr.
2,
Vol.
14,
p.
217.
[82 198].
December
19 2-page
TLS from
Borntraeger
Bros. in Berlin
offering
to
publish
works
produced by
the KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34, Nr.
1,
Mappe Bornträger. [77 983].
1-page
TLS from Heinrich
Reisner,
editor
of
Anzeiger für
Berg-
Hütten-
und
Maschinenwesen
of
Essen,
requesting
details about KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9, Mappe
Reisner.
[77 590].