Correspondent:

Einstein, Albert 1879-1955  Search this

Addressee:

Mosel, Juan F. active 1953  Search this

Former owner:

Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this

Author:

H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this

Physical description:

1 sheet, folded (2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 envelope

Type:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts (documents)

Date:

1953

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Typed letter signed in black ink on unlined paper with an embossed letterhead. Accompanied by air mail envelope with 3 three-cent Thomas Jefferson stamps, 1 one-cent George Washington stamp, and cancellations.

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics.

SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039145) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number E-13.

SCDIRB copy has source: Sotheby's London, December 3, 1992.

SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.

Summary:

Letter to Mr. Mosel of Guayaquil, Ecuador, explaining the concept of relativity of simultaneity through a set of word problems, with typed illustrations.

Topic:

Simultaneity (Physics)  Search this

Call number:

MSS 002050 A

Restrictions & Rights:

Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1100970