1102 INDEX
Space-time
(cont.)
496-497,
498,
501-502, 577-578, 630-631,
688,
712-713,
724, 733,
738-739,
767,
776-777, 778-780;
Minkowskian,
five-
dimensional, 778, 786, 805;
paradox
in
spherical,
897-898
Spartacists,
947n,
965n
Spatial
order:
in atomistic
dimensions, 30;
in
macroscopic
dimensions,
30
Spatio-temporal
character of
coordinates,
348
Spatio-temporal
coincidences. See Point
coincidence
argument
Specific
heat:
41; at
absolute
zero, 65n;
of
hydrogen
and
helium, 20n, 42n;
of
isotopic
mixtures, 126; measurement of,
272-273
Spectral
lines:
217n;
anomalies
of, 913; Bohr,
Niels, theory
of, 326, 463, 783, 862, 913;
damping
of, 175; fine structure of, 260;
identifiability of,
358,
413,
467;
Rubinowicz,
Adalbert,
theory
of,
783
Speculation versus empirical knowledge,
864-
865,
870-871
Spee,
Antonius,
Count
von
(1873-1948), 745
Speed
of
light:
in
moving
media,
161;
principle
of
constancy
of,
see Principle
Sperry Gyroscope
Co.,
838n
Spinoza,
Benedictus
de,
167
Spoerri, Theophil
(1890-1974),
339
Springer,
Ferdinand (1881-1965), 757
Springer Verlag,
776
St.
John,
Charles (1857-1935),
880n,
895n
St.
Quentin hospital,
275
Star
velocity
and distribution
of
mass
in
universe,
787
Stark
effect, 386n,
783
State:
military power of, 399;
mission
of,
399
Statistical mechanics. See Mechanics
Steidle, Clara,
18n
Stern,
Alfred
(1846-1936),
18n, 55, 56n,
615n
Stern,
Minna:
733n;
letter to
Einstein, Pauline,
730n
Stern,
Otto (1888-1969): AE,
collaboration
with, 20n, 42n,
heat theorem
of
Nernst,
discussion with
on, 262,
263-264, 267-268,
272-273,
276;
gas
dissociation,
paper
of
on,
20,
29, 30n;
vapor
pressure
and
entropy
constant,
paper
of
on,
38-39
Sterne, Laurence, 286, 317n,
324
Stock,
Franz (1868-1939),
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Institute
of
Physics,
donation
of
for, 513n,
Kuratorium
of,
declines
membership
of,
529
Stocker,
Jakob (1874-1960), 497
Stodola,
Aurel (1859-1942):
93,
288n;
on
Brownian
motion,
287
Stormer,
Carl (1874-1957), 158
Straneo,
Paolo
(1874-1968), 77, 91,
92n
Strike: in
Berlin, 629, 964;
in
Germany,
944n;
in
Zurich, 940n,
942n
Struve,
Hermann
(1854-1920):
57n, 261, 606n,
609n,
682
character
of,
203,
209n,
241
Freundlich Erwin:
opinion
of
on, 216n; on
plan
of
research
of, 216n;
on position
for,
89, 277; redshift,
on paper
of
on,
257n;
relationship
of
with, 258;
on
work
of,
216n,
563
letter to
Freundlich, Erwin,
89n
letter
to Minister
of
Education,
564n
letter to
Naumann, Otto,
216n
Seeliger, Hugo
von,
on
candidate
of
for direc-
tor
of
Astrophysical Observatory,
386n
solar
eclipse expedition, on
retrieval
of
instruments
of,
718n
Students’
Council,
944n
Study,
Eduard (1862-1930):
895; AE,
meaning
of
"real",
discussion with
on, 890, 896;
gen-
eral
relativity,
criticizes book
of
Schlick,
Moritz, on, 898;
geometry,
book of
on,
877,
885-886, 890-891;
relativity,
doubts,
896-897
Stürgkh,
Karl,
Count
von
(1859-1916), 394,
404n
Subelectrons. See
Ehrenhaft,
Felix
Submarine warfare. See World
War
I
Suchtelen, Nicolaas,
van
(1878-1949),
176,
177n
Summation
convention,
first
occurrence
of,
249
Sundell,
August
(1843-1924), 370
Superconductivity,
156,
157n
Supernatural masses.
See
Gravitation,
relativis-
tic
theory
of
Survival
of
fittest,
918-919
Swiss
Army,
137n
Swiss
citizenship,
135, 167n, 187, 636n, 759,
763,
871
Swiss
Embassy
in
Berlin,
276
Swiss Federal
Council, 730n,
852n
Swiss Federal Insurance
Bureau,
524n
Swiss Federal Patent
Office, 445n, 497,
610
Swiss Civil Law
Code, 281n