BIB_ID
292043
Accession number
MA 4725.5
Creator
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Display Date
before 1913 Aug. 26.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Horace Wood Brock, Mr. John Biddle Brock, and Ms. Hope Brock Winthrop, in loving memory of their parents, Horace Brock (1918-1981) and Hope Distler Brock (1908-1988), 1991.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 cm
Notes
Localized and dated in Klein, p. 554.
Part of a collection of 25 letters from Albert Einstein to the German astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich. Letters are described individually in 25 catalog records (MA 4725.1-25).
Signed A. Einstein.
Part of a collection of 25 letters from Albert Einstein to the German astronomer Erwin Finlay Freundlich. Letters are described individually in 25 catalog records (MA 4725.1-25).
Signed A. Einstein.
Provenance
Mr. Horace Wood Brock, Mr. John Biddle Brock, and Ms. Hope Brock Winthrop.
Summary
Referring to Freundlich's interest in gravitational light deflection and expressing particular interest in his plan to observe stars that are close to the sun during daytime. Sharing some thoughts on how this could work using photographic plates and mentioning possible difficulties. Expressing great interest in the results of the research on double stars, as they could affect his theory of relativity. Looking forward to meeting Freundlich and his wife during their honeymoon (which they have planned to spend in Switzerland), mentioning that he will be in Zurich until mid-September, except on September 7 and 8, when he will be in Frauenfeld to deliver a lecture, and thanking Freundlich for his congratulations (on Einstein's election to membership in the Prussian Academy of Sciences). With several penciled formulas and graphs on p. 4.
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