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EDITORIAL
METHOD
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margins
of
texts reproduced
in
facsimile, directly adjacent
to the
line
containing
the
passage or equation
upon
which the
note
comments. Annotation
begins
after the
last
page
of
a
facsimile text.
The texts
presented
in facsimile in the
Writings
volumes
preserve
all
relevant
features
of
the
original publication,
including
pagination,
note
placement,
and
run-
ning
heads. Parts
of
texts not relevant
to
this edition but
appearing on
the
same page
as
text
by
Einstein
are
reproduced
in
lighter
type.
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page
preceding
the
text,
the reader will find the
document
number,
English
title,
the document’s short title
from the list
of
Literature
Cited,
dates
of
completion
and the
source
for
each text.
Republished
versions
of
an
Einstein text with revisions
or
annotations that
may
be
ascribed
to
Einstein
are
also noted
on
that
page.
Some
of
the information
on
the
title
page
is
repeated
in the unnumbered
descriptive
note at the end
of
the docu-
ment.
Documents
that
have
come
to the attention
of
the
editors
after
the
publication
of
the
Correspondence
volume in which
they
should have
appeared
are presented
at
the front
of
a subsequent Correspondence
volume.
Editorial
endnotes,
indicated
by
raised
Arabic numerals
enclosed
in
square
brackets,
follow the
text
and
description
of
the
document. In
some
cases,
notes
are
printed
at
the
foot of
the
corresponding
page
or as a running
note
facing
the text in
order
to
maintain
the coherence
of
each
page.
Except
in the
case
of
published papers,
the
text is
followed
by a descriptive sym-
bol
(see
the List
of
Descriptive Symbols).
If
no provenance
is
specified,
the
source
is the Albert Einstein Archives at the Jewish National and
University Library
in
Jerusalem.
Otherwise,
the location
of
the
original (in
parentheses)
follows the
descriptive symbol.
If
the
location
is unknown,
the
source
of
the
photocopy or
tran-
script
used is
given. Symbols
for
documentary repositories
follow the
guidelines
in
The
Library
of
Congress
National Union
Catalogue
(see
the List
of
Location
Sym-
bols).
A
descriptive
note
commenting on
textual
or
physical
characteristics
of
an orig-
inal that affect
a
reading
of
the
text-whether
it
is
cropped, perforated,
obscured,
or
incomplete-follows
the
designation
of
provenance.
If
a source
from which
one
or more
texts
are
drawn
(e.g.,
a
notebook
or an
official
report)
contains additional
material,
that
material is
briefly
described
at this
point;
such
omitted
material
may
be
published
elsewhere
in
the edition. Textual features such
as original pagination
and instructions
to turn
a
page are silently
omitted. The address and
postmark
of
origin
of
a
letter
or postcard
are given,
if
available.
The
following
information is
given
in the
descriptive
notes
following
each doc-
ument
in the
Correspondence
series:
(a)
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descriptive symbol; (b)
the location
symbol indicating
where the
original can
be found
if
it
is not
located
in the Albert