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        Ernst Mach papers, 1865-1918

        Source

        Smithsonian Libraries

        OBJECT TYPE

        Manuscripts (documents).) Reference sources Books Electronic information resources

        PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

        121 leaves : illustrations, portraits ; 34 cm., in box 38 cm

        NOTES

        Additional material includes Czechoslovakian and German seminar announcements

        An unidentified item, probably a printed booklet (based on the size of the frame cut into the preceding leaves that would have surrounded the document) has been removed from one of the endleaves

        Most of the letters in this volume were written by Mach to Eduard Kulke. Other correspondents include Josef Popper-Lynkeus and Paul Tausig

        The identity of the original owner of the scrapbook and collector of the materials is unknown. A note in the Dibner Library's provenance file speculates that the scrapbook was put together in 1938, but the source of that information is not given

        Tipped-in printed booklets include: Gomperz, H. "Ernst Mach." (Separatabdruck aus dem 'Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie;' Bd. 29, 4; pages [321]-328). Einstein, A. "Ernst Mach." (Sonderdruck aus der Physikalischen Zeitschrift, Verlag von S. Hirzel in Leipzig, 17. Jahrgang, 1916; 4 pages). An issue of Die Naturwissenschaften (5. Jahrgang, Heft 5, 2 Februar 1917). Haas, K. "Hofrat Dr. Ernst Mach." (Separatabdruck aus 'Vierteljahrsberichte des Wiener Vereines zur Förderung des physikalischen und chemischen Unterrichtes, Jahrgang 1916, Heft 1; 14 pages). Helm, G. "Ernst Mach, dem naturwissenschaftlichen Denker, zum Gedächtnis." (Abhandlungen der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft ISIS in Dresden, 1916; pages [45]-54). Höfler, A. "Ernst Mach." (Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift für den physikalischen und chemischen Unterricht. 29. Jahrgang, 2. Heft; März 1916; pages [57]-63 plus portrait). Petzoldt, Joseph. "Ernst Mach." (Sonderabdruck au Kunstwart 29, 12; [2] pages). Lampa, Anton. "Ernst Mach." (Sonderdruck aus der Monatschrift 'Deutsche Arbeit', Jahrgang 15, Heft 11, pages [608]-619). Baege, M.H. Die Naturphilosophie von Ernst Mach. Berlin: Psychologisch-Soziologischer Verlag, 1916 (31 pages). Lampa, Anton. Ernst Mach. Prag: Verlag Deutsche Arbeit, 1918 (64 pages)

        Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Manuscripts of the Dibner collection, 1008

        Also available online

        Also available online.

        Austrian physicist and philosopher

        Collected by Bern Dibner for his Burndy Library in Norwalk, Connecticut, founded in 1941. Donated to the Smithsonian Libraries in 1974 by Dibner DSI

        Elecresource

        SCDIRB copy 39088003881406 has provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)

        SCDIRB copy has a contemporary full leather binding in an art-deco-inspired design, with the name "MACH" appearing in thick raised lettering on the front cover. Housed in a later light green linen-covered clamshell box with printed spine label

        SUMMARY

        Scrapbook containing a mixture of mounted or tipped-in materials, including: 99 letters (typescript and holograph, dating from between 1865-1915; some of the typescript letters were mechanically reproduced; some include hand-drawn diagrams); 40 postcards (typed and holograph); 7 calling cards; portraits and photographs; 1 telegram; 2 holograph manuscripts; 8 newspaper excerpts (obituaries); 2 memorial booklets (1916, 1918); and 13 journal articles by Einstein, Gomperz, Popper, and others

        NAMES

        Burndy Library Helm, Georg Ferdinand Höfler, Alois Dibner, Bern Baege, Max Hermann Mach, Ernst Lampa, Anton Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) Popper-Lynkeus, Josef Petzoldt, Joseph Gomperz, Heinrich Haas, William S Einstein, Albert Tausig, Paul Kulke, Eduard
        author : Mach, Ernst 1838-1916 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50042016 http://viaf.org/viaf/12324232/ http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ernst_Mach
        Author : Baege, Max Hermann 1875-1939 http://viaf.org/viaf/134170431/
        donor : Dibner, Bern http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmo http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dnr DSI http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80015691 http://viaf.org/viaf/29661946
        Author : Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79022889 http://viaf.org/viaf/75121530/ http://dbpedia.org/resource/Albert_Einstein
        Author : Gomperz, Heinrich 1873-1942 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83050276 http://viaf.org/viaf/29604075
        Author : Höfler, Alois 1853-1922 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89673397 http://viaf.org/viaf/72158060
        Author : Haas, William S. 1883-1956 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91009768 http://viaf.org/viaf/19666760/
        Author : Helm, Georg Ferdinand 1851-1923 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80145955 http://viaf.org/viaf/24818210/
        Author : Kulke, Eduard 1831-1897 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84068684 http://viaf.org/viaf/67863434/
        Author : Lampa, Anton 1868-1938 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr87000173 http://viaf.org/viaf/37713284/
        Author : Petzoldt, Joseph 1862-1929 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93034627 http://viaf.org/viaf/112959/
        Author : Popper-Lynkeus, Josef 1838-1921 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83222787 http://viaf.org/viaf/19698350/
        Author : Tausig, Paul http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2013051648 http://viaf.org/viaf/303739029
        Author : Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI
        donor : Burndy Library http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fmo http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dnr DSI http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83827146 http://viaf.org/viaf/149783636

        Keywords

        Technology Science History Physics Philosophy

        DATES

        1910s 1900s 1880s 1890s 1860s 1870s
        Date : 1865 Date : 1865-1918

        LANGUAGES

        German language Czech language


        Additional Resource Information
        Record Link : https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!195029~!0#focus Record Id : siris_sil_195029
        Call number : MSS 000909 B


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