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CALENDAR 1919
December 20
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1-page TLS to KWIP board of trustees. Upon having
received the consent of the board of directors (see entry of
8 December), requests one-time support for Erwin Freundlich’s expenses in the amount of 2,000 M. Provenance:
GyBP, I. Abt., Rep. 1A, Nr. 1657. [77 305].
2-page TLS from Teubner publishing house. Das Relativitätsprinzip (Lorentz et al. 1920) has not yet been printed.
Teubner will inform the editor Blumenthal of the good news
that Einstein 1916f can be added to it. Provenance: IsJHU.
[41 1088].
1-page TLS to Heinrich Mousson, director of the Department of Education, Canton of Zurich. In response to the letter of the Department of 9 December, withdraws his offer to
lecture during summer semester of 1920 because he lacks
time and has already exhausted the subject. Provenance:
SzZSa, U 110 b.2 (44). [45 356].
after December 20
Once again declines Edgar Meyer’s request whether he
would accept a professorship at the University of Zurich.
December 21
1-page TLC to Teubner publishing house. Sends his only
remaining copy of Einstein 1916f with corrections on pp. 60
and 63. Provenance: IsJHU. [41 1089].
December 24
1-page TLS from Max Planck to KWIP board of trustees.
Supports Einstein’s request of 20 December. Provenance:
GyBSa, I. HA, Rep. 92, Schmidt-Ott, C. Bd. 84, Bl. 504.
[82 233].
Long and humorous poem from Hedwig Born on Einstein’s
sudden rise to fame, excerpts of which are the following
stanzas: “Zu dem „Einstein bild“ man betet,/ Ob gemalt es,
ob geknetet,/ Ob gehauen, ob gegossen:/ Andacht kommt
ins Herz geflossen! … Alles, was die Erde zieret,/ Ist mit
Einsteins Kopf beschmieret,/ Bis—/ er selbst den Kopf verlieret!” Provenance: IsJHU. [65 846].
December 25
“Induction and Deduction in Physics” (Vol. 7, Doc. 28) is
published.
December 26
1-page TLS to Theodor von Wasielewski. Thanks for the
certificate of honorary doctorate (see entry of 4 December)
and for the hospitality in Rostock. Provenance: GyRoU,
MD (202)/19 [32], Bl. 4. [30 122].
© The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein
Volume 9
Princeton University Press, 2004