1026 CALENDAR 1918
around
August 11 Edgar
Meyer
and Heinrich
Zangger
explore possibility
of
a
joint
appointment
for Einstein at the
University
of
Zurich
and
at
the ETH.
August
16-18 Declines
proposed
dual
appointment
in
Zurich but makes
counterproposal:
to
offer
guest
lectures twice
a year,
of
about
5-6
weeks duration each.
August
24
Returns to Berlin from
Ahrenshoop
vacation.
August
27
1-page
DftS in the hand
of
Ilse Einstein. Contract between
KWI and Peter
Debye, spelling
out the terms for the
purchase
and loan
of
X-ray equipment
in the amount
of
16,030
marks for research
as
described in
Debye’s
letter of
July
2.
Also
signed by
Einstein in the
name
of
the KWI.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
1,
Mappe Debye.
[77
988],
1-page
LS in the hand
of
Ilse Einstein
to
the trustees
of
the
KWI. Encloses draft contract with
Debye,
which has been
approved by
all members
of
the KWI directorate.
Requests
approval
of
Debye’s
"wissenschaftlich sehr bedeutsamen
Unternehmen." Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep. 1A,
Nr. 1656.
[77 261].
August
29
1-page
TLS from Friedrich
Vieweg,
with reference to Ein-
stein’s
postcard
of
August
28. Encloses
a postal
check in the
amount
of
1500 marks
as
honorarium for the third edition
of
Einstein
1917a,
along
with
forty complimentary copies
under
separate cover.
Provenance: IsJHU.
[42 003].
August
31
Letter
to
Emil
Zürcher,
containing an
admission
of
adultery
with his cousin Elsa. Introduced
as cause
for divorce in
legal
proceedings
of
November 1918. Provenance: cited in the
transcription
of
the
proceedings
of
November
20, SzZSa, B
XII Zch. 6314. 43, Protokollheft
Nr.
1386/1918. Listed
as
no.
5
in
the
register
to the dossier.
[81
359].
The letter
itself
is
not available.
September
2
2-page
TLS from Gino Mettler in Berlin.
Suggests
the
construction
of
a large
zircon furnace at the KWI for the
production
of
pure
iron.
Provenance:
GyBP, I.
Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
8, Mappe
G.
Mettler.
[77 924].
September
3
1-page
ADftS to Gino Mettler in Berlin.
Rejects
his
applica-
tion,
stating
that the KWI
pursues exclusively
theoretical
research. Adds that his institute has neither technical
appa-
ratus
nor personnel
at its
disposal.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
G. Mettler.
[77 926].