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This small collection of material contains five letters by Albert Einstein (including a copy of a telegram about the "world crisis" related to the "power of the atom"). These letters are written to Bern Dibner and Volta Torrey, Editor, Popular Science Monthly. In the letter to Torrey, Einstein talks about Newton's theory of planetary motion and gravity. There are also several letters between Dibner, Torrey, and E. Weil concerning Einstein acquisitions. Also included are two pieces of math equations (on the verso of one of them is a short note, in German, about Korea and scientific pursuits - with a transcription and English translation of the note). The collection also includes five photographs of Einstein, one engraving, and a photograph album that contains photographs as well as clippings. There is also one folder that includes 31 copies of letters of Einstein that Bern Dibner collected, including two copies of his letter to President Roosevelt regarding the atomic bomb (August 2, 1939). There's also a copy of Einstein's will (March 18, 1950). Also included are copies of 10 articles by and about Einstein and clippings from dealer catalogs.
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Albert Einstein collection
Manuscripts
This small collection of material contains five letters by Albert Einstein (including a copy of a telegram about the "world crisis" related to the "power of the atom"). These letters are written to Bern Dibner and Volta Torrey, Editor, Popular Science Monthly. In the letter to Torrey, Einstein talks about Newton's theory of planetary motion and gravity. There are also several letters between Dibner, Torrey, and E. Weil concerning Einstein acquisitions. Also included are two pieces of math equations (on the verso of one of them is a short note, in German, about Korea and scientific pursuits - with a transcription and English translation of the note). The collection also includes five photographs of Einstein, one engraving, and a photograph album that contains photographs as well as clippings. There is also one folder that includes 31 copies of letters of Einstein that Bern Dibner collected, including two copies of his letter to President Roosevelt regarding the atomic bomb (August 2, 1939). There's also a copy of Einstein's will (March 18, 1950). Also included are copies of 10 articles by and about Einstein and clippings from dealer catalogs.
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Churchills Verrat an Europa! (Parole der Woche no. 5)
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Language of material: German Publisher: Zentralverlag der NSDAP (Munich, Germany) Notes: Includes German translation of a quote from a speech delivered by Churchill in 1920 about the dangers of Soviet Russia.
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Maris Pacifici ; quod vulgo Mar del Zur; cum regionibus circumiacentibus, insulisque in eodem passim sparsis, novissima descriptio
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Kashnor notes, "Remarkable from its showing of California as a peninsula, the earliest American cartographers having more correct ideas than their immediate successors. Tierra del Fuego appears, however, as part of that immense southern continent which so long obsessed the minds of geographers. The Philippines and New Guinea also appear, the latter as an island. In the midst of the ocean is a fine cut representing a galleon in full sail, with the following verse: "Prima ego velivolis ambivi cursibus Orbem, Magallane novo te duce ducta freto. Ambivi, meritoque vocor Victoria: sunt mi Vela, alae; precium, gloria; pugna, mare." [No maps showed California as an island prior to 1624 with the exception of Cortez' earlier manuscript map giving him domain over offshore islands.] Appeared in information based on Van der Krogt and Burden: was published in Van der Krogt, atlas 31:040. Cartouches: Two, one around dedication with heading "Spe et Metu" (Hope and Fear). MS notes: New Guinea --- von Sudd America. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief: no. Projection: Conic. Watermark: Crossed arrows. Printing Process: Copper engraving. References: Burden, map 74; Van der Krogt, map 0600:31. Verso Text: Latin text: Mare Pacificum siue Del Zur; no signature. MS notes: 149499 250 .02.
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Short Description of the Discovery and of the more particular fortunes of new Netherland formerly a plantation of the Republic of the United Netherlands in America
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Murphy's translation of the work by Nicolas Cornelis Lambrechtsen Korte beschrijving van de ontdekking en der verdere lotgevallen van Nieuw-Nederland : weleer eene volkplanting van het gemeenebest der Vereenigde Nederlanden in America ( Middelburg : bij S. Van Benthem ., 1818). According to the note at the end of the manuscript, Murphy finished "this translation November 29, 1840. It has been made without any knowledge whatever of the language and the Dictionary alone being my Assistant. My first attempt upon the Dutch language & necessarily imperfect."
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