CALENDAR 1916 1001
February
12
1-page
ADS,
also
signed by
Heinrich Rubens. In the
name
of
the
PAW, proposes
the award
of
an
Eller Prize for investi-
gations verifying or leading
towards
proof
of
general
rela-
tivity.
Provenance:
GyBAW,
II-IX, Vol.
17,
p.
130.
[82 055].
A
printed
announcement
was
issued
on July
6,
1916,
and the
competition
declared
open
until the end
of
1919. Provenance:
GyBAW,
II-IX,
Vol.
17,
p.
131.
[82
056].
February
24 Communicates
Schwarzschild
1916b to the
physical-mathe-
matical class
of
the
PAW.
February
25 Performs
a
demonstration
experiment
at the DPG for the
proof
of
Ampère’s
molecular
currents.
Provenance: Deut-
sche
Physikalische Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen
18
(15
March
1916), no.
5,
p.
149. Published
under
the title "A
Simple
Experiment
to Demonstrate
Ampère’s
Molecular
Currents"
(Vol.
6,
Doc.
28).
February
28
1-page
TDS from the Wiener Bank-Verein. The
Prague
branch
of
the bank notifies Einstein
of
a
balance
of
7583
crowns
in his account
as
of December
31,
1915. Prove-
nance:
IsJHU.
[45 246].
Printed
banking
conditions
[45 247]
and
end-of-year
deposit
statements
[45
248 and
45
249]
are
enclosed.
March
8
1-page
TLS from A.
Braumüller,
Kommandant der Resi-
denz
Berlin,
to the
PAW.
Requests
confirmation that Ein-
stein,
a
Swiss
citizen, is
a
salaried
member of
the
Academy,
and in the affirmative
case, copies
of
his
file.
Complains
that
when
traveling
Einstein has
repeatedly neglected
to
register
with the
police
either in Berlin
or
at
his
destination,
which
he is
obliged
to
do
as a
national
of
a
neutral
foreign country.
Provenance:
GyBAW,
II-III, Vol. 36,
p.
278.
[82 004].
March 9
4-page
certificate
of
appointment
for Emil
Warburg, signed
by
Einstein and
13
others. Provenance: J. A.
Stargardt auc-
tion
catalogue
574
(11-13
November
1965),
lot 726.
[76 935].
March
14
Obituary
for
Ernst
Mach
(Vol.
6,
Doc.
29).
March
16
1-page
Minutes in
the
hand
of
Max
Planck, releasing copies
of
Einstein’s
personal
file to
the
Berlin Kommandantur.
Provenance:
GyBAW,
II-V, Vol. 176,
Minutes
of
this date.
[82
082].