622 CHRONOLOGY, JANUARY-AUGUST 1908 January 20 January 27 February 15 February 24 February 27 ca. February 28 March 3 April April 1 April 21 May 2 May 13 May 16 June 28 July 25 August 24 Applies for a position at the Technikum Winterthur. Envelope of Richard Lorenz to Einstein. At Sz, Archiv der Einstein-Gesellschaft, there is a strip torn from a letter(?) signed by Richard Lorenz, on the verso of which Einstein has written Lucien Chavan: "Wäre es nicht vielleicht gescheidt, morgen Mittag abzureisen? Mit bestem Gruss Einstein." "A New Electrostatic Method for the Measurement of Small Quantities of Electricity" (Vol. 2, Doc. 48). The Philosophical Faculty II of the University of Bern approves Privatdozentur for Einstein. Delivers inaugural lecture at the University of Bern: "On the Limit of the Validity of Classical Thermody- namics." Receives venia docendi for theoretical physics and becomes Privatdozent at the University of Bern. "Corrections to the Paper: 'On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn from It'" (Vol. 2, Doc. 49) Begins a three-week collaboration with Jakob Laub. "Elementary Theory of Brownian Motion" (Vol. 2, Doc. 50). The summer semester at the University of Bern begins: Einstein teaches a course in the molecular theory of heat. "On the Fundamental Electromagnetic Equations for Moving Bodies" (with Jakob Laub) (Vol. 2, Doc. 51). "On the Ponderomotive Forces Exerted on Bodies at Rest in the Electromagnetic Field" (with Jakob Laub) (Vol. 2, Doc. 52). Works in laboratory of Albert Gockel at the University of Fribourg. Again in Fribourg in Gockel's laboratory. The summer semester at the University of Bern ends. "Correction to the Paper: 'On the Fundamental Electro- magnetic Equations for Moving Bodies'" (with Jakob Laub) (Vol. 2, Doc. 53). summer Vacations with wife and son in the Bernese Oberland.

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CHRONOLOGY, OCTOBER 1908-SEPTEMBER 1909 623 October 20 December 6 1909, January 19 January 22 January 23 February 11 February 23 March 6 April 13 May 7 May 24 July 6 July 9 August August 4 September 20 September 21 The winter semester at the University of Bern begins: Einstein teaches a course in the theory of radiation. "Remarks on Our Paper: 'On the Fundamental Electro- magnetic Equations for Moving Bodies'" (with Jakob Laub) (Vol. 2, Doc. 54). "Supplement" to "Remarks on Our Paper: 'On the Fun- damental Electromagnetic Equations for Moving Bod- ies'" (with Jakob Laub) (Vol. 2, Doc. 54). "Comment on the Paper of D. Mirimanoff: 'On the Fun- damental Equations . . .'" (Vol. 2, Doc. 55). "On the Present Status of the Radiation Problem" (Vol. 2, Doc. 56). Lectures on "Elektrodynamik und Relativitätsprinzip," to the Physikalische Gesellschaft Zürich. Alfred Kleiner outlines the need for a second chair of physics at the University of Zurich and recommends that Einstein be appointed to it. The winter semester at the University of Bern ends. "On the Present Status of the Radiation Problem" (with Walter Ritz) (Vol. 2, Doc. 57). Appointed Extraordinary Professor of Theoretical Phys- ics at the University of Zurich at an annual salary of 4500 francs. Attends Fribourg physics colloquium. Submits resignation to the Swiss Patent Office, effec- tive 15 October 1909. Granted an honorary doctorate in the physical sciences by the University of Geneva. Vacations with wife and son in the Upper Engadine, canton of Graubünden. Resigns Privatdozentur at the University of Bern. Participates in a discussion following Henry Sieden- topf's lecture, "On Ultramicroscopic Images" (Vol. 2, Doc. 58), at the Salzburg meeting of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (GDNA). Participates in a discussion following Arthur Szar- vassi's lecture, "The Theory of Electromagnetic

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CHRONOLOGY, JANUARY 1907-JANUARY 1908 621 1907, January 22 March 3 March 17 March 23 April 16 May 14 June 17 August 1-10 second half of August October 8 October 28 December 4 December 7 December 14 1908, early January "Theoretical Remarks on Brownian Motion" (Vol. 2, Doc. 40). "Correction to My Paper: 'Planck's Theory of Radiation etc'" (Vol. 2, Doc. 42). "On the Possibility of a New Test of the Relativity Principle" (Vol. 2, Doc. 41). Delivers lecture "On the Nature of the Movements of Microscopically Small Particles Suspended in Liquids" to NGB (Vol. 2, Doc. 43). "Comments on the Note of Mr. Paul Ehrenfest: 'The Translatory Motion of Deformable Electrons and the Area Law'" (Vol. 2, Doc. 44). "On the Inertia of Energy Required by the Relativity Principle" (Vol. 2, Doc. 45). It is in this paper that Ein- stein first uses the phrase "the equivalence of mass and energy," a discovery which he would later call "the hap- piest thought of my life." Makes first formal attempt to obtain Privatdozentur at the University of Bern. Vacations with wife and son in Lenk, canton of Bern. Publishes review of Jakob Johann Weyrauch, An Out- line of the Theory of Heat. With Numerous Examples and Applications. 2nd part (Vol. 2, Doc. 46). Receipt from the Bund of Bern for a subscription in the fourth quarter of 1907. Decision on Privatdozentur at the University of Bern is postponed until Einstein submits a unique Habilita- tionsschrift. "On the Relativity Principle and the Conclusions Drawn from It" (Vol. 2, Doc. 47). Makes discussion comment in the NGB following A. Pillichody's lecture on "Mountain Pine on the Juras- sic Moors and Their Utilization in Afforestation of Frost Hollows." Inquires about a position at the Kantonsschule Zurich. Submits a Habilitationsschrift: "Consequences for the Constitution of Radiation of the Energy Distribution Law of Black Body Radiation" to the Philosophical Faculty II of the University of Bern.

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