1020 CALENDAR 1918
April
7
1-page
AKSX
to
Hans Tanner in Frauenfeld.
Congratulates
him
on
his successful
candidacy
for
a position as
teacher
of
mathematics and
physics
at the Technikum
Winterthur,
for
which Einstein has
provided a
recommendation,
calling
it
more
of
an improvement
for the stomach than for the
soul,
since technical schools
are more realistically
oriented. The
postcard
is addressed "Herrn Dr. Hans Tanner Kantons-
schule Frauenfeld
(Schweiz)"
with
sender’s address "Abs.
A. Einstein Haberlandstr.
5
Berlin
W.,"
and
postmarked
"Charlottenburg
2
7.4.18.
4-5N[achmittags]."
Provenance:
Andreas
Alther,
St. Gallen.
[76 165.1].
April 11 1-page
TLS from Friedrich Glum in Berlin
on
the back
of
a
3-page
ALS
of
April 5,
1918
by
M. J. Winzer
offering
to
make his
library
of
scientific
journals
and
geological
collec-
tion available
to
the KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep. 34,
Nr.
11, Mappe
Winzer.
[77 677,
77
676].
Communicates
Weyl
1918b to the
physical-mathematical
class
of
the
PAW, arguing
that it contains
an interesting
hypothesis,
but nevertheless unfruitful for
physics.
Nernst
suggests
that Einstein
put
his
objections
to paper
and
present
the
Weyl manuscript
at the
next
session. Prove-
nance:
Minutes
of
the
physical-mathematical
class
of
this
date,
GyBAW,
II-V, Vol.
134.
[83 757].
April
17
2-page
TLS from
S.
Ogden
Steinhardt in
Lugano.
Writes
to
his cousin
by marriage
about his intention
of
leaving a
career
in
business,
and
requests
assistance in
applying
to
University
of
Bern
or
Zurich
to
obtain
a
doctorate in
politi-
cal economics. Provenance: IsJHU.
[45 050].
April
18
Asks the
plenary
session
of
the PAW whether he should
present a manuscript,
Weyl
1918b,
which is
physically
untenable. Nernst
requests
that Einstein add his
objections
to
the
manuscript.
The
Academy suggests
postponement
until Einstein has communicated further with the author.
Provenance: Minutes
of
the
plenary
session
of
this
date,
GyBAW,
II-V, Vol. 94.
[83 721].
April
21
5-page
TLS from Johann
Mayer
in Hermannstadt
request-
ing support
from the KWI for research
on
his medical
inventions
(a
resuscitation
device,
an oxygen
inhaler,
and
a
remedy
for
diarrhea)
and
a process
for
producing
ammonia
from industrial exhaust. Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep. 34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
J.
Mayer. [77 870].