1106 INDEX
Weyl,
Hermann (1885-1955)
(cont.)
matical foundations
of, 878;
paper
on,
709,
710;
plan
of
further
development of,
801. See
also
Weyl,
Hermann:
AE
University
of
Breslau:
accepts
invitation to,
710;
declines
position
at,
722,
879
weight
of
tensor, introduces,
711n
Weyssenhoff,
Jan (1889-1972),
173n, 174,
915
Wiechert,
Emil
(1861-1928): 373, 625;
abilities
of, 617;
Geodetic
Institute,
as
candidate for
directorship
of,
596-597,
617, 717, 718n,
796n;
perihelion
motion
of
Mercury,
paper
of
on
ether
theory of,
374
Wien,
Max (1866-1938): Deutsche
Phyikalische
Gesellschaft,
declines
chairmanship
of, 759,
764, 781;
distant sound
detection,
works
on,
760n
Wien,
Wilhelm (1864-1928):
7n, 143n,
157n,
198n, 274, 344, 460n, 569n,
634n,
694n
AE:
directed
radiation
processes,
discussion
with
on,
461-464;
on reply
of
to
Mirimanoff,
Dmitry,
6
Annalen der
Physik,
editor
of,
266
Appeal
of, 77n
Deutsche
Physikalische
Gesellschaft:
on new
statutes
of,
33-35; chairman
of,
proposed
for,
32
general relativity,
learns, 35
Laue,
Max
von,
collaboration
with,
472n
letter
to Haber, Fritz,
35n
letter to
Lorentz,
Hendrik
A.,
64n
letter to
Paschen,
Friedrich,
77n
letter
to
Planck, Max,
31, 32n,
33n,
35
letter
to Schweidler,
Egon
von, et
al.,
33n
Manifesto
of
the
93,
signs,
78n
publications
in
British
journals,
manifesto
of
on refusing,
151n
Wien’s
displacement law,
332,
445
Wilhelm
II
(1859-1941):
87n, 135n,
571n; abdi-
cates, 869n, 930n, 932n, 944n, 964;
Easter
message
of,
506n
Wilhelm,
Crown Prince (1882-1955),
abdicates,
965n
Wilkens,
Alexander
(1881-?),
658
Willy,
Rudolf,
495n
Wilson, Woodrow, 918,
930n
Wilson
effect,
6
Wind,
Cornelis (1867-1911), 873
Windtunnel
test
of
airfoil,
577n
Winteler,
Jost (1846-1929):
10n, 201, 223n,
667n
Winteler,
Paul (1882-1952),
285,
446,
495, 497,
884,
945
Winteler-Einstein,
Maja
(1881-1951):
85n, 167,
167n,
169,
189,
287, 446,
452, 454, 477,
497,
503,
566,
666,
819, 884; AE,
suggests moun-
tain air
to, 580,
visit
to, 282;
birthday
of,
945
Wissenschaftliche
Gesellschaft
für Luftfahrt:
AE,
invites to
join,
709;
general meeting
of,
708, Prandtl,
Ludwig,
lectures
to,
709
Wohlwend,
Hans
(1878-1962), 58, 84, 392
Wohlwend-Battaglia,
Maria (1879-1980), 58
Wolfer,
Alfred: letter
to
Erziehungsdirektion,
916n;
letter
to Mousson, Heinrich, 854n;
letter
to Vetter, Theodor,
973n
Wolfskehl Foundation,
142n, 146n,
292n
Wolfskehl lectures:
of
AE,
142n,
143n,
145,
154;
of
Debye,
Peter,
24,
27n,
of
Mie, Gustav,
291,
461n,
462,
569, 571-572,
577-578,
587,
649, 650, 750, 752;
of
Planck, Max, 701, 715,
740n, 762, 765, 774;
of
Smoluchowski,
Marian
von, 291,
293
Workers’ and soldiers’
councils, 947n,
964
World
lines,
not time-orientable,
779-780
World-matter. See
Gravitation,
relativistic
theory
of
World
War
I:
Allied
blockade,
961n
Armistice,
hope
for,
935
Austria-Hungary: declaration
of
war on
Serbia, 719n; peace negotiations of,
872n
Belgium:
German atrocities
in, 347n, 702n;
atrocities
in,
to German
prisoners-of-war,
refutation
of, 63; population of, pro-
vocative
to
Germans,
929
Bulgaria
sues
for
peace,
892n
Finland:
370n;
civil
war
in, 626n; gains
independence,
620n,
626
Germany:
Allies,
armistice
with, 930n, 932n,
944n, 961n; France,
declares
war
on, 53n;
gas
warfare
by,
452n, 620n, 717;
military
position
of, 170, 589, 892n; Russia,
armi-
stice
with, 589n, invades, 53n,
peace
talks
with, 629n, peace treaty with, 746n;
rail
transport
in, 635n;
submarine warfare
by,
413n,
505
Italy:
Austria-Hungary,
declares
war on,
125n, 130;
political position
of
in,
120n,
130;
Triple
Alliance, leaves,
125n