C A L E N D A R O F A B S T R A C T S 1 9 2 5 8 9 3 199. From Bernhard Kahn Berlin, 26 November 1925 As chairman of the American Joint Distribution Committee, encloses a check of $1,200 representing six-month support of $200 each for the Kowno University courses. Even though a few days ago he had written to Esther Gurland-Eliaschoff that no approval would be forthcoming, he has found a small amount of money that he is sending, solely because AE had endorsed the project, even though he has been informed that this enter- prise has so far not been as successful as expected. TLS. [44 021]. 200. From D. J. Schweitzer Berlin, 26 November 1925 In connection with B. Kahn’s letter (see Abs. 199), on behalf of the Joint Distribution Committee, encloses a check drawn on the Commerz & Privatbank, Berlin, for the sum of $1,200. TLS. [44 023]. 201. From Universala Kongreso de Esperanto Edinburgh, 26 November 1925 Invites AE to the International Esperanto Congress, 31 July–7 August 1926, to be held in Edinburgh, and requests a lecture of fifteen to twenty minutes in Esperanto. Offers to cover travel costs and a £50 honorarium. TLS. [43 655]. 202. From Hans Vogel Aussig [Czechoslovakia], 26 November 1925 As a twenty-five-year-old chemist, requests any position available, even as institute cus- todian. Has been working on the problem of the hydrogen molecule and other physical chemical questions. Would be grateful for any form of employment and reminds AE of Faraday’s plight at the time when Davy took him in. ALS. [45 177]. 203. From Josef Weber Leipzig, 26 November 1925 Sends the manuscript of Weber 1926b and some illustrations. Requests help in finding a different position. ALS. [23 278]. 204. From Leopold Courvoisier Neubabelsberg, 27 November 1925 Reminds AE of their conversation of January 1924 about annual refraction and his at- tempts to determine gravimetrically and through clock comparisons the “absolute move- ment” of the Earth. Sends for review the manuscript of Courvoisier 1926. ALS. [8 417]. 205. From Assen Zlataroff Sofia, 27 November 1925 Sends the first and latest edition of his book Einstein und die Weltgeheimnisse which has been very successful. Requests that AE write a foreword for the fifth edition. ALS. [45 340]. 206. To Betsy Julius-Einthoven Berlin, 28 November 1925 Is arriving Monday, 30 November at 8:58 P.M. in Utrecht and will go directly to the Ju- lius home. Asks that no one else be told. AKSX. [14 218]. 207. From Mogens Bugge Oslo, 28 November 1925 Thanks for AE’s (nonextant) postcard of 20 November and receipt of a copy of Einstein 1922c. Discusses again the opposing views and ideas on his gyroscope experiment (see Abs. 101). TLS. [6 200]. 208. From H. Weber Santiago de Chile, 29 November 1925 Has read Moszkowski 1921 several times. He has been thinking about the same topics as AE’s theory of relativity during many sleepless nights. Requests a book by AE himself, and recounts an anecdote about himself traveling on a streetcar in Mannheim. TLS. [45 213].
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