DOCS. 228-230 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER
1910
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228.
From the Julius
Springer Publishing
House
[Heidelberg]
25
October
1910
To
Prof. Dr.
Einstein, Zurich
Highly
esteemed
Sir:
May
I be
permitted
to
ask
you
whether
you
have
any
literary plans
for the
near
future,
for
the realization of
which
I
may
offer
my
services?[1]
It
would
give
me
a
very
special
pleasure
if,
at
some time, you
would choose
my
firm
as
your
publisher.
Commending
myself
to
you,
I
remain
yours
most
respectfully,
Ferdinand
Springer[2]
229. To
the Bursar's
Office,
University
of
Zurich
[Zurich]
26
October
1910
To
the
Bursar's
Office,
University
of Zurich
Esteemed
Sir:[1]
If
it
can
still be
arranged,
may
I ask
you
to
charge only
5 fr.
for the seminar,
i.e.,
to
designate
it
officially as a
one-hour
seminar.[2]
Respectfully,
A.
Einstein
Extraord.
Prof.
of
Physics
230.
From Emil
Fischer[1]
[Berlin]
1
October
[November]
1910[2]
To
Prof.
Einstein,
Zurich
Highly
esteemed
Prof.
Einstein:
Your
great
theoretical
papers
in
the
area
of
thermodynamics
created
a
sensation
in
the
world
of the natural
sciences and
are
often
discussed in
our
circle,
especially
since
Mr.
Nernst
became
engaged
in
the
experimental test
of
your
conclusions
regarding
the
Dulong-Petit
law.[3]
It
so
happened
that
I
related
this to
an
acquaintance
of
mine from
the
chemical
industry.[4]
He
was very
pleased
that German researchers like
you,
Mr.
Planck,[5]
and
Mr.
Nernst
have
taken
over
the
leadership
in this
fundamental
area,
and he believes
that
it