129.
TO THE
SWISS PATENT OFFICE
Schaffhausen,
18 December 1901
To the "Federal Office for Intellectual Property" [Patent
Office]:
I, the
undersigned,
take the
liberty
of
applying
for the
position
of
Engineer
Class II at the Federal Office for Intellectual
Property,
which
was
advertised in the Bundesblatt
[Federal Gazette]
of 11
December 1901. I obtained
my
professional
education in physics and
electrical engineering
at
the School for Specialist Teachers of
Mathematics and
Physics
at
the Federal
Polytechnikum
in
Zurich,
which
institution
I attended from the Fall of 1896 to the Summer of 1900.
There I obtained the Federal
Diploma
for
Specialist
Teachers after
completion
of
my
studies, based
on an
experimental project
in physics
and the successfully
passed
examination.
From
the Fall of 1900 to the Spring of 1901 I
lived
in Zurich
as
a
private
teacher. At the
same
time I
perfected
my
education in
physics
and wrote
my
first scientific
paper.
From 15
May to
15
July
I
was a
substitute teacher of mathematics
at
the Technikum in
Winterthur. Since 15 September
1901
I have been
a
tutor
in
Schaffhausen.
During the first
two
months of
my
working here
I wrote
my
doctoral dissertation
on a
topic
in
the
kinetic
theory of
gases,
which
I submitted to
Section
II
of the Faculty of Philosophy at Zurich
University
a
month
ago.
The documents that corroborate
my
statements
are now
at Zurich
University,
but I hope that
I
will be able to send them to
you
in
a
few days.
I
am
the
son
of
German
parents,
but I have been
living
in
Switzerland without
interruption
since
age
16.
I
am a
citizen of the
City of Zurich.
Respectfully
yours,
Albert Einstein
Bahnhofstr. Schaffhausen
130.
TO
MILEVA
MARIC
Schaffhausen Thursday [19 December 1901]
My
dear little sweetheart!
Good
news
once
again! But stop, first
my
belated cordial
congratulations
on
your
birthday yesterday, which I forgot
once
again.
But
now
listen
&
let
me
kiss
you
and
hug
you
with
joy!
Haller has
written
me a
friendly letter in his
own
hand,
in which he
requested
that
I
apply for
a
newly created position in the patent office! Now
there is
no
longer
any
doubt about it.
Grossmann
has already
congratulated
me.
I
am
dedicating
my
doctoral thesis
to
him, to
somehow
express my
gratitude.
He
has shown that he is
a
splendid
fellow!
And
soon
you'll become
my
happy little wife,
you
just watch
and
see.
Our
troubles
have
now come
to
an
end. Only
now
that the
terrible
pressure
of circumstances
does not weigh
upon me any
longer
do I
really
see
how much I love you! I
am sure
that everything will
be decided
soon.
Now I'll
soon
be able to
clasp
my
Doxerl in
my
arms
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