1028
CALENDAR 1918
October
17
3-page
TLS From Arnold Berliner
in
Berlin
with
reference
to
a
discussion about
a
collective
guarantee
of the
neutrality
of
Luxembourg
that he had with Einstein the
day
before,
Berliner
quotes
in
extenso
from Heinrich
von Sybel,
Die
Begründung
des Deutschen Reiches durch Wilhelm I.
Vol.
6, pp.
174-175. Provenance: IsJHU.
[7
001].
Communicates
a paper by
Leon
Lichtenstein,
"Über
einige
Eigenschaften
der
Gleichgewichtsfiguren
rotirender
homo-
gener Flüssigkeiten,
deren Teilchen einander nach dem
Newtonschen Gesetz
anziehen,"
and
Born, M.
and Landé
1918
at
the
plenary
session
of
the
PAW.
before October
18
1-page
PDS
in
Swedish from
the Nobel
Committee
for
Physics
of
the Swedish
Royal Academy
of
Sciences,
invit-
ing
him
to
propose a name
for the 1919 Nobel
Prize. A
printed
German translation
is
also
provided.
Provenance:
IsJHU.
[19
278, 19
279].
October 22 The Philosophical
Faculty
of
the
University
of
Zurich
approves
Meyer’s
suggestion
for
periodic
lectures
by
Einstein and
send
recommendation
to the
Department
of
Education,
Canton
of
Zurich.
October 24 Announces with other members
of
the
physical-mathemati-
cal
class,
intention
of
proposing
a
candidate for
membership
in the
PAW.
Provenance: Minutes
of
the
physical-mathe-
matical
class,
GyBAW,
II-IV, Vol.
134.
[83 762].
October
31
1-page
ALS from Erwin Freundlich
in
Neubabelsberg.
Freundlich lists his
expenses
from
the
past
quarter,
requesting
reimbursement.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
2,
Mappe
Freundlich.
[78 020].
November
1
2-page
TLS from Wilhelm
von
Siemens.
Recommends
employing
a
financial officer for the KWI and
proposes
Otto
Radtke. Provenance:
GyBP,
I Abt.,
Rep.
34, Nr.
9, Mappe
Radtke.
[82 738].
November 6
1-page
ALS from Otto Radtke.
Prepared
to
accept position
as
financial officer
of
the KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I Abt.,
Rep. 34,
Nr.
9, Mappe
Radtke.
[77 578].
November
7
3-page
TDS
signed by
Schmidt, Struve,
Planck,
Warburg,
Liebisch, Schwarz, Müller, Orth,
Engler, Schottky,
Penck,
Einstein,
Rubens. Nomination
of
Constantin
Carathéodory
for
membership
in
mathematical-physical
class
of
the
PAW.