DOCUMENT 77 JANUARY 1908 93 [4]See ETH Record and Grade Transcript, 5-10 October 1896-2 August 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 28), and Adolf Hurwitz to Hermann Bleuler, 27 July 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 67). [5]Einstein was granted citizenship on 21 February 1901 (see Vol. 1, the editorial note, "Swiss Citizenship," p. 241). [6]For evidence of Einstein's private instruction in Zurich after graduation from the ETH, see Einstein to Helene Kaufler, 11 October 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 81), Questionnaire for Municipal Citizenship Applicants, 11-26 October 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 82), and Minutes of Municipal Nat- uralization Commission of Zurich, 14 December 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 84) and in Schaffhausen at a Lehr- und Erziehungsanstalt from 15 September 1901 until the end of January 1902, see Einstein to Marcel Grossmann, 6 September 1901 (Vol. 1, Doc. 122), and Einstein to Conrad Habicht, 4 February 1902 (Vol. 1, Doc. 133). [7]Einstein taught at the Technikum Winterthur from 16 May until 11 July 1901 (see Ein- stein to Mileva Marie, 15 April 1901 [Vol. 1, Doc. 101]). [8]See Swiss Department of Justice to Swiss Federal Council, 2 June 1902 (Vol. 1, Doc. 140), Swiss Department of Justice to Einstein, 19 June 1902 (Vol. 1, Doc. 141), and Swiss Patent Office to Einstein, 19 June 1902 (Vol. 1, Doc. 142). [9]The diploma was conferred on 15 January 1906 (see Doc. 31, note 6). The dissertation (Einstein 1905j [Vol. 2, Doc. 15]) is dated 30 April 1905 and was published in 1906 in the An- nalen der Physik (Einstein 1906a). [10]See ETH Record and Grade Transcript, 5-10 October 1896-2 August 1900 (Vol. 1, Doc. 28, pp. 49-50 ). The diploma card is dated 2 August 1900. 77. From Jakob Laub Würzburg, Weingartenstr. 18. 27/1. 08. Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! Hiermit erlaube ich mir Sie höfl. zu bitten, um gefl. Zusendung der Son- derabdrucke Ihrer Arbeiten, welche mit dem Relativitätsprinzip im Zusam- menhang stehen. Ich habe nur die Abhandlungen 1) "Zur Elektrodynamik bew. Körper" und 2) "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig"?-[1] Sind Sie mit der Erweiterung Ihrer Betrachtungen auf die ponderable Materie einverstanden ?[2] Indem ich Ihnen besten Dank sage, zeichne ich hochachtungsvollst Ihr er- gebener J. Laub AKS. [15 448]. The verso is addressed "Herrn Dr. A. Einstein Bern (Schweiz)," with return address "Abs. Dr. J. Laub, Würzburg, Weingartenstr. 18," and postmarked "Wuerzburg 27 Jan. 08 7-8N[achmittags]." [1]Einstein 1905r, 1905s (Vol. 2, Docs. 23 and 24). [2]A reference to Minkowski 1908, which was submitted to the Göttingen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften on 27 December 1907 and published in the first issue of 1908 of its Nachrich- ten. In response to Minkowski's work Einstein and Laub published two papers, Einstein and Laub 1908a, 1908b (Vol. 2, Docs. 51 and 52). For more details, see Vol. 2, the editorial note, "Einstein and Laub on the Electrodynamics of Moving Media," pp. 503-507.
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