CALENDAR 1918 1015
December
28
1-page
ALS
from Konstantin Nowak in Posen.
Requests
support
for
testing
and evaluation
of
a
compass
for the blind
and
for
a
water wheel. Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9, Mappe
Nowak.
[77 566].
1918
January
4
1-page
TTrL and
proposal
from Felix Ehrenhaft to the
Nobel committee
nominating
Einstein
for
Nobel
Prize,
referring
to his
previous proposal,
the
general theory
of
rela-
tivity developed
in the
meantime,
and the confirmation
of
Ampère’s
molecular
theory.
Provenance:
SSRAS,
Center
for
History
of
Science, 1918, Fysik, pp.
189-190.
[83
045,
83
046]
Submits Erwin Freundlich’s contract with the KWI for
approval
to
von
Siemens.
[81
925].
January
8
Walther Rathenau dedicates
a copy
of
Rathenau 1918a
to
Einstein: "Albert Einstein in freundschaftlicher
Verehrung
8. 1. 18
Rathenau." Provenance: IsJHU.
[74 434].
January
9
1-page
TLS from
Ernst
Trendelenburg,
who writes that he
has received from
von
Siemens the
letter of
January
4
con-
cerning
the
signing
of
Freundlich’s contract with the
request
for
a
written
resolution
by
the board
of
trustees,
of
which
Einstein will be informed. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
2, Mappe
Freundlich.
[78 017].
January
10
At
Hugo
Kruss’s
request
(see
Doc.
433), gives a
detailed
account
of
Freundlich’s tasks in order to
pave
his
way
toward
a
position
at the
Astrophysical Observatory
in
Potsdam.
January
12
2-page
TLS from
Richard
Lorenz,
Professor
of
Physical
Chemistry
in Frankfurt.
Inquires
about the conditions
of
collaboration with the KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
R. Lorenz.
[77 855].
January
15
1-page
AKS from
Ludwik
Silberstein,
London.
Requests
Einstein 1917b
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
43),
a
reference to which he
has
just
read in De
Sitter
1917c. The
postcard,
addressed
"Prof. Dr. Albert Einstein
Polytechnikum,
Zurich
Switzerland."
is corrected in
pencil
to
"Eidg. Physikge-
bäude"
and deleted.
"Kaiser Wilhelm
Inst. Dahlem
Berlin."
has been added in
another
hand and has also been
struck;
the remains
of
a
torn label is attached. The sender’s address