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Letter from Georg Hermann Quincke to Georg Bredig, October 1900

  • 1900-Oct-30

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Georg Hermann Quincke (1832-1924), a German physicist, requests that Georg Bredig (1868-1944) choose a scientific instrument from a catalogue that measures amperes and have it sent to Quincke at the University of Heidelberg.

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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Gudrun Dauner
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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series II. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 2, Folder 38

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Quincke, Georg Hermann. “Letter from Georg Hermann Quincke to Georg Bredig, October 1900,” October 30, 1900. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 38. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/z7s7uc1.

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Heidelberg den 30. October 1900

Herr Dr. Bredig
Leipzig. Physik. chem. Institut.

Geehrter Herr!

Auf der Züricher Versammlung der elektrochemischen Gesellschaft hatte ich Sie gebeten, dem physikalischen Institut der Universität Heidelberg ein Ampère Nanometer Ihrer Construction für 0,1 bis 4 Ampère zusenden zu lassen. Inzwischen hat mir Herr Segerhoff seinen Preis-erneut zugeschickt, worin das Instrument aufgeführt ist. Darf ich Sie bitten dort ein Instrument für mich auszusuchen und mit zusenden zu lassen?

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Heidelberg, October 30, 1900

Dr. Bredig
Leipzig, Physical Chemistry Institute

Dear Sir,

At the convention for the Electrochemical Society in Zurich, I asked you to send an ampere nanometer of your construction for 0.1 to 4 amperes to the Physics Institute at the University of Heidelberg. In the meantime, Mr. Segerhoff sent me his catalogue again, in which the instrument is listed. May I ask you to choose an instrument for me there and have it sent to me?

Best regards.

Sincerely,
G. Quincke

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