1014 CALENDAR 1917
4-page
ALS from
Friedrich Voltz.
Suggests investigating
applied X-ray physics
with the
KWI in order
to
establish,
among
other
things, precise guidelines
for
carrying
out
surgical
interventions. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
11, Mappe
Voltz.
[77 653].
December 20 Announcement
on founding
of
the KWI in
Berliner
Tage-
blatt
46
(20
December
1917),
no.
649,
Evening
Edition,
p.
3.
[79 934].
December
21
Announcement
on founding
of
the KWI in
Frankfurter
Zeitung
61
(21
December
1917), Morning
Edition,
2d
Sup-
plement,
p.
4. [82 431].
2-page
TLS from the editors
of
Münchener
Zeitung
and
Bayerische Zeitung.
An offer is made to
run
the
announce-
ment
of
the
founding
of
the KWI in their
papers.
Prove-
nance:
GyBP, I. Abt., Rep. 34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
Münchner
Ztg.
[77 928].
page
TLS from mine director
Junghans
in
Elsterwerda.
Suggests
financial
help
from the KWI
for
the
designing
of
a
coalcutter
for the extraction
of
lignite.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
5, Mappe Junghans.
[78 097].
2-page
ALS from
Rahtjen
in Cottbus. Seeks
help
from the
KWI in
developing a melting technique using high
pressure
for
potentially
valuable substitute materials with low
evapo-
ration
points,
such
as
titanium and
quartz.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9, Mappe Rahtjen.
[77 585].
December 24
2-page
TDft letter from Wilhelm
von
Siemens
enclosing a
TTrL
instructing
Mendelssohn & Co.
to
transfer
to
Einstein
an
advance
of
500 marks
for minor
KWI
expenses.
Prove-
nance: GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep. 1A,
Nr.
1656.
[77
253.1 &
77
253].
December
25
"The
Nightmare"
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
49).
ca.
December 25 Becomes bedridden for several months with
an
abdominal
ulcer.
December 26
3-page
ALS from
Georg Rödiger
in Vienna. Seeks assis-
tance in
investigating a
method
for
transforming
heat into
mechanical work without
generating
exhaust,
specifically
with
regard
to
diesel and
constant-pressure
combustion
engines.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
9,
Mappe
Rödiger.
[77
592].