RR Auction: The Einstein Archives of Ludwik Silberstein

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RR Auction is proud to present the Einstein Archives of Ludwik Silberstein—a remarkable collection of correspondence focused on the theory of relativity. The sale is highlighted by a rare letter in which Einstein writes his famous equation, "E = mc2," the only known example in private hands. In Einstein's other letters, he examines a spacetime metric, writes out his gravitational field equations, and comments on the rise of Hitler and Nazism in 1934. Other featured items include many letters by Max Planck—often defending Einstein's theory of relativity —and other Nobel Prize winners, including Thomson, Bragg, Michelson, and Lorentz.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed with Handwritten Equations on Spacetime (December 17, 1933)4001 - Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed with Handwritten Equations on Spacetime (December 17, 1933)
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, December 17, 1933. Letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, looking at
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Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed with Gravitational Field Equations (December 24, 1933)4002 - Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed with Gravitational Field Equations (December 24, 1933)
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Important ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” four pages, 7 x 9, December 24, 1933. Lengthy handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silber
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Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed with E=mc2 (October 26, 1946)4003 - Albert Einstein Autograph Letter Signed with E=mc2 (October 26, 1946)
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ALS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page, 8.5 x 11, blindstamped personal Princeton letterhead, October 26, 1946. Handwritten l
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Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'On Einstein's Gravitational Field Equations' Offprint Booklet4004 - Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'On Einstein's Gravitational Field Equations' Offprint Booklet
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Offprint booklet of Silberstein's paper 'On Einstein's Gravitational Field Equations,' from the Philosophical Magazine (November 193...
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Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on Hitler and Planck (September 20, 1934)4005 - Albert Einstein Typed Letter Signed on Hitler and Planck (September 20, 1934)
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TLS in German, signed “A. Einstein,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, September 20, 1934. Letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, on the sub
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Research Topics (June 12, 1896)4006 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Research Topics (June 12, 1896)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page, 5.5 x 8.75, June 12, 1896. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in full (trans
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on a Differential Equation (October 5, 1897)4007 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on a Differential Equation (October 5, 1897)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.75, October 5, 1897. Handwritten mathematical letter to Dr. Ludwik S
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on a Scientific Paper (July 27, 1901)4008 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on a Scientific Paper (July 27, 1901)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, July 27, 1901. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Si
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Objections to the Electron Theory (July 20, 1906)4009 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Objections to the Electron Theory (July 20, 1906)
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Important ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, July 20, 1906. Handwritten letter to Dr.
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Different Electron Theories (October 22, 1906)4010 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Different Electron Theories (October 22, 1906)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, October 22, 1906. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Max Abraham's Theory of Gravitation (February 14, 1912)4011 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Max Abraham's Theory of Gravitation (February 14, 1912)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, February 14, 1912. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on World War I and Family (August 4, 1919)4012 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on World War I and Family (August 4, 1919)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, August 4, 1919. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Sil
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Einstein's Theory of Gravitation (October 19, 1919)4013 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Einstein's Theory of Gravitation (October 19, 1919)
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ALS in German, signed “Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, October 19, 1919. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Si
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Nobel Prize and Platinum Meter Standard (November 30, 1919)4014 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Nobel Prize and Platinum Meter Standard (November 30, 1919)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, November 30, 1919. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwi
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed in Defense of Einstein's Theory of Relativity (January 25, 1920)4015 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed in Defense of Einstein's Theory of Relativity (January 25, 1920)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.5 x 8.5, January 25, 1920. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwi
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Ether and Relativity (March 21, 1920)4016 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Ether and Relativity (March 21, 1920)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 21, 1920. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Sil
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Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Gravitational Redshift and Ether Theory (April 17, 1920)4017 - Max Planck Autograph Letter Signed on Gravitational Redshift and Ether Theory (April 17, 1920)
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ALS in German, signed “M. Planck,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, April 17, 1920. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Sil
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Ludwik Silberstein's 'Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by Max Planck' Offprint Booklet4018 - Ludwik Silberstein's 'Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by Max Planck' Offprint Booklet
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Unsigned offprint booklet of Silberstein's translation of Planck's Nobel Prize lecture: The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory by ...
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J. J. Thomson Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Lectures (October 3, 1911)4019 - J. J. Thomson Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Lectures (October 3, 1911)
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Rare ALS, one page both sides, 4.5 x 7, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge letterhead, October 3, 1911. Handwritten letter to "Worthington," ...
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William Henry Bragg Typed Letter Signed on a High Speed Electron Problem (January 25, 1919)4020 - William Henry Bragg Typed Letter Signed on a High Speed Electron Problem (January 25, 1919)
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TLS signed “W. H. Bragg,” one page, 5 x 7, University of London letterhead, January 25, 1919. Letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in f
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Niels Bohr and Ludwik Silberstein Original Photograph and 'Quantum Theory of Spectra' Book4021 - Niels Bohr and Ludwik Silberstein Original Photograph and 'Quantum Theory of Spectra' Book
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Original vintage semi-glossy 4 x 5.5 silver gelatin photograph of Niels Bohr and Ludwik Silberstein side-by-side, annotated on the reverse in Silberst
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Albert A. Michelson Autograph Letter Signed on an Ether-Drift Experiment (December 21, 1922)4022 - Albert A. Michelson Autograph Letter Signed on an Ether-Drift Experiment (December 21, 1922)
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ALS signed “A. A. Michelson,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, University of Chicago, Ryerson Physical Laboratory letterhead, December 21, 19
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Theory of Relativity Textbook (March4023 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Theory of Relativity Textbook (March
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ALS signed “H. A. Lorentz,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, March 19, 1925. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberste
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Leiden Lectures Translation (April 24024 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Leiden Lectures Translation (April 2
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ALS signed “H. A. Lorentz,” one page both sides, 6 x 9.5, Hotel McAlpin letterhead, April 2, 1927. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik
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Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on Geometry (March 12, 1918)4025 - Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on Geometry (March 12, 1918)
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, The Manor House letterhead, March 12, 1918. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in full: "First & foremost ...
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Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on a Mathematical Manuscript (November 12, 1918)4026 - Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on a Mathematical Manuscript (November 12, 1918)
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 8.25, November 12, 1918. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in full: "I have read your MS with the greatest in...
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Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on the Barnes Foundation (January 18, 1941)4027 - Bertrand Russell Autograph Letter Signed on the Barnes Foundation (January 18, 1941)
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ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, January 18, 1941. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in part: "Your letter of Nov. 13 remained so long unan...
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Alfred North Whitehead Autograph Letter Signed on Math Concepts and Relativity (June 13, 1918)4028 - Alfred North Whitehead Autograph Letter Signed on Math Concepts and Relativity (June 13, 1918)
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Rare ALS signed “A. N. Whitehead,” one page, 6.25 x 6.25, personal letterhead (struck through with his new address written in the up
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Arthur Eddington Letter Signed on Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship (January 14,  1916)4029 - Arthur Eddington Letter Signed on Royal Astronomical Society Fellowship (January 14, 1916)
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TLS signed “A. S. Eddington,” one page, 8 x 13, Royal Astronomical Society letterhead, January 14, 1916. Standard form letter to Dr.
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Alfred George Greenhill Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Relativity Paper (January 21, 1913)4030 - Alfred George Greenhill Autograph Letter Signed on Silberstein's Relativity Paper (January 21, 1913)
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ALS signed “G. Greenhill,” one page, 8 x 12.5, January 21, 1913. Handwritten letter to Mrs. Silberstein, in full: "I received your k
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Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Operators in Physical Math (October 5, 1909)4031 - Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Operators in Physical Math (October 5, 1909)
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ALS, one page, 6.5 x 8, October 5, 1909. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, responding to a request for reprints of his papers 'On Op...
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Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Mathematical Typesetting (June 3, 1915)4032 - Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Mathematical Typesetting (June 3, 1915)
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, June 3, 1915. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, offering—in long and explicit detail—
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Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Mathematical Notation and Newton's Second Law (June 30, 4033 - Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Mathematical Notation and Newton's Second Law (June 30,
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, June 30, 1915. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, acknowledging receipt of Silberstein’s book
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Oliver Heaviside Partial Autograph Letter Signed on British Climate (June 1915)4034 - Oliver Heaviside Partial Autograph Letter Signed on British Climate (June 1915)
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Partial ALS, one page, 6.5 x 5.75, [no date but circa June 1915]. Last page of a handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, in part: "'A...
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Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Unfinished Projects (March 4, 1917)4035 - Oliver Heaviside Autograph Letter Signed on Unfinished Projects (March 4, 1917)
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ALS, one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, March 4, 1917. Handwritten letter to Dr. Ludwik Silberstein, concerning papers by them both. In part: "The p...
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Ludwik Silberstein's Polish Papers4036 - Ludwik Silberstein's Polish Papers
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Five items from Silberstein's homeland in Poland, spanning several decades: Original 8.75 x 6.5 mounted photograph of Silberstein (seated, seco...
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Ludwik Silberstein's European Papers4037 - Ludwik Silberstein's European Papers
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Collection of papers from Ludwik Silberstein's education and early career in Europe, including a diploma from Heidelberg University, a Heidelber...
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Ludwik Silberstein Signed Photograph4038 - Ludwik Silberstein Signed Photograph
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Sharp original 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait of Silberstein at about age thirty, taken by Murillo of Warsaw, neatly signed in black ink, "...
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Ludwik Silberstein's Publishing Document for 'Theory of Relativity'4039 - Ludwik Silberstein's Publishing Document for 'Theory of Relativity'
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Partly-printed document, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 13.5, October 22, 1912. Memorandum of agreement between "Dr. L. Silberstei...
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Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'Vectorial Mechanics' Book and Publishing Document4040 - Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'Vectorial Mechanics' Book and Publishing Document
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Signed book: Vectorial Mechanics. First edition. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.75, 197 pages. Signed on the first free end page
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Ludwik Silberstein Photograph, Document, and Letter by J. W. Perry4041 - Ludwik Silberstein Photograph, Document, and Letter by J. W. Perry
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Three items from Silberstein's personal archives: Partly-printed document, one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.5, May 3, 1918. Memorandum of agreemen...
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Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'Theory of General Relativity' Book, Handwritten Lecture Schedule, and Let4042 - Ludwik Silberstein Signed 'Theory of General Relativity' Book, Handwritten Lecture Schedule, and Let
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Three items associated with Silberstein's lectures at the University of Toronto in the 1920s: Signed book: The Theory of General Relativity and...
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Harold Macmillan Document Signed and Percy Nunn Autograph Letter Signed4043 - Harold Macmillan Document Signed and Percy Nunn Autograph Letter Signed
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Two items associated with Ludwik Silberstein's book Causality: A Law of Nature or a Maxim of the Naturalist?: Partly-printed document, signed &...
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Ludwik Silberstein (2) Offprint Booklets4044 - Ludwik Silberstein (2) Offprint Booklets
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Two offprint booklets from Silberstein's collection: an unsigned copy of "On the Expanding-Universe Doctrine" by Ludwik Silberstein, f...
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Ludwik Silberstein's Typed and Handwritten Personal Bibliography4045 - Ludwik Silberstein's Typed and Handwritten Personal Bibliography
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Ludwik Silberstein's typed, annotated, and handwritten personal bibliography, fourteen pages on eleven sheets, 8.5 x 11, headed: "List of S...
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Ludwik Silberstein Autograph Manuscript: 'A Treatise on Plane Geometry'4046 - Ludwik Silberstein Autograph Manuscript: 'A Treatise on Plane Geometry'
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Very lengthy unsigned handwritten manuscript by Dr. Ludwik Silberstein entitled "A Treatise on Plane Geometry," numbered as 223 pages (pag...
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Ludwik Silberstein's Photographic Papers4047 - Ludwik Silberstein's Photographic Papers
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Material from Silberstein's personal archive associated with his research in optics and photography, primarily related to his long-term consulta...
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Ludwik Silberstein Autograph Manuscript Signed: 'The Effect of Clumping on the Size-Frequency Distri4048 - Ludwik Silberstein Autograph Manuscript Signed: 'The Effect of Clumping on the Size-Frequency Distri
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AMS signed and dated one day before his death, "Ludwik Silberstein, Rochester, N.Y., January 16, 1948," eight pages on four sheets, headed...
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