998 CALENDAR 1915
Repeats
the
Ampère
current
experiment
with
alternating
current,
but
a
week later breaks
off
experiment
because
of
optical
difficulties.
August
24
1-page
ALSX to Hans Tanner in
Haubinda,
Thuringia.
Ein-
stein reiterates his
willingness
to
write
a
recommendation
for
him
to the Kantonsschule
Frauenfeld,
but
expects
the
authorities there
to
solicit the recommendation. Provenance:
Andreas
Alther,
St. Gallen.
[45 097].
August
29
1-page
AKSX to Hans Tanner
informing
the
recipient
that
he will be
staying
at the Hotel
Glockenhof
in Zurich until
mid-September
and will be back in Berlin
on September
20.
The
postcard
is addressed "Herrn Dr. Hans Tanner Land-
erziehungsheim
Haubinda
bei
Hildburghausen Thüringen,"
and
postmarked
"Berlin-Wilmersdorf
1
29.8.15 1-2N[ach-
mittags]."
Provenance: Andreas
Alther,
St. Gallen.
[45
098.1].
Departs on a trip
to Switzerland with
layover
in Heilbronn.
September
16
With Heinrich
Zangger
meets Romain
Rolland
in Park-
Hôtel
Mooser,
Vevey,
Switzerland,
in the afternoon.
September
18
Einstein’s
postscript
to AKS from Edouard Guillaume in
Berne to Paul
Langevin.
Einstein
expresses
his
pleasure at
being
able
to send
greetings
to
Langevin
"as
an
inhabitant of
the
other
world"
("als
Einwohner
der andern
Welt").
Prove-
nance:
Luce
Langevin,
Paris.
[15 340].
September
19
1-page
AKSX
to
Hans Tanner. Persists in
refusing
to write
an
unsolicited
recommendation, as
he does
not
enjoy a per-
sonal
relationship
with
T.
of
the Kantonsschule
Frauenfeld,
where Tanner is
competing
for
a position as a
mathematics
instructor. Announces his imminent
departure
for Berlin.
The
postcard
is addressed "Herrn Dr. Hans Tanner Land-
erziehungsheim
Haubinda
Thüringen,"
and
postmarked
"Zürich
1
Briefvers 6-7 19.IX 1915." Provenance: Andreas
Alther,
St. Gallen.
[45 099].
September
22 Returns to Berlin.
ca. September
30
1-page
TrDft
(incomplete)
from Michele Besso in Zurich.
Thanks
Einstein
for
postcard
of the
19th,
awaits
news
as
the
newspapers report
that
"things
have taken
a
turn
for the
worse";
feels that Einstein deserves
a
vacation and offers to
visit. Provenance: Available
only
in
transcription
of
an
original
in the Estate
of
Heinrich
Zangger,
Zurich.
[83 444].
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