1022 CALENDAR
1918
May 3 1-page
ALS from Stefan Rohm in Munich.
Repeats request
for
support
from the KWI in
analyzing
his "ice-core
process"
("Eiskernverfahren").
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9, Mappe
Rohm.
[77 593].
May
9
1-page ALS from Wilhelm
Nixdorf
in
Berlin. Seeks assis-
tance
for
research
on
smoke
consumption,
i.e.,
carbon
recovery,
ionization,
and
pollution
control. Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9,
Mappe
W.
Nixdorf.
[77 559].
May
10
6-page
ALS from
Hansjoachim
H. Norda in Berlin-Pankow.
Norda
proposes
to describe natural forces
by
technical and
mechanical
means,
rather than
by
mathematical
abstraction,
hypotheses, or
chemical
explanations,
and introduces his
unconventional theories
touching upon
the
disparate
sub-
jects
of
electricity,
magnetism, gravitation,
pressure,
heat
conduction,
and
organic energy.
He
also
purports
to have
found
an
efficient
way
of
extracting
mechanical
energy
from carbon. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9,
Mappe
H.J. Norda.
[77 560].
Commemorates the death
of
Max B. Weinstein and Ferdi-
nand
Braun.
Elected
a
member
of
the
advisory
committee
of
the DPG. Provenance: Deutsche
Physikalische
Gesell-
schaft. Verhandlungen
20
(30
June
1918),
nos.
9-12,
p.
70.
May 11
2-page TLS from Gustav
Bucky, a
Director
of
the
X-ray
Department
of
the
Pedagogical
Institute for
Pharmacology
(Unterrichtsanstalt
für
Staatsarzneikunde)
of
the
University
of
Berlin.
Suggests
theoretical and
experimental
research
at
the KWI
on X-rays
for medical
applications,
to be
con-
ducted in
a separately
established
department.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
1,
Mappe Bucky.
[77 984].
May
15
1-page
TLS from
Friedrich
Vieweg, noting
that the second
edition
of
Einstein 1917a
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
42)
has been sold out
and
requesting permission
for
a
reissue
of
3000
copies
with
any necessary
corrections. Also thanks Einstein
for
his
sup-
port
for
their
struggling publication,
Fortschritte der
Physik.
Provenance: IsJHU.
[42 001].
May
16
Submits
"The
Energy
Theorem in the General
Theory
of
Relativity"
and
"Supplement
to the Correction"
(Vol.
7,
Doc.
9)
to
the
physical-mathematical
class
of
the
PAW.
May
18
2-page TLS from Gustav
Bucky.
Fears that the
PTR,
to
which Einstein had
referred him
for
the
founding
of
a
sepa-
rate
institute for
X-ray
research,
would not
support
such