Lot 3090: Meitner, Lise (Elise)

Austrian-Swedish nuclear physicist., Nobel laureate. C.A.S. Stockholm 17.XI.1953. Letter card 8°. Incl. envelope with address in own hand. Addressed to the American Physicist Isidor Isaak Rabi (1898 - 1988) in New York. In addition: Otto Robert Frisch, physicist, 1904 - 1979, L.A.S. Cambridge 23.X.1953. single sheet 8°, with printed letterhead. Addressed to Isidor Isaak Rabi (1898 - 1988).

Please Note German Text - 1878 - 1968.
Österreichisch-schwedische Kernphysikerin, Mitarbeiterin Otto Hahns bei der ersten Kernspaltung, Mitentdeckerin mehrerer radioaktiver Elemente, Nobelpreisträgerin. C.A.S. Stockholm 17.XI.1953 . Briefkarte quer-8°, beide S. beschrieben. Mit dem dazugehörigen, eigenh. adressierten Couvert.
An den amerikanischen Physiker Isidor Isaak Rabi (1898 - 1988) in New York, der ihr zum 75. Geburtstag gratuliert hatte: «∑Thank you so much for your very kind letters. How nice of you to remember my birthday!
I recall with great pleasure your visit in Stockholm, when I met you and Stern, not to mention the nice hours I spent in your charming home with your family.
There is next to no chance for me to come to the States, but I hope that we can meet some where in Europe∑ »
Beigabe: Otto Robert Frisch, Physiker, 1904 - 1979, L.A.S. Cambridge 23.X.1953 . Einzelblatt gr.-8°, die Vorderseite beschrieben. Mit gedrucktem Briefkopf. Ebenfalls an Rabi, mit der Aufforderung, Lise Meitner zu deren Geburtstag zu schreiben: «∑Lise Meitner will be 75 on Nov 7th. Each letter from a colleague will help dispel the feeling that she is old and forgotten. A letter from the Am. Phys. Soc. would give her special pleasure (if it is not too late now for that). / Perhaps you could tell other people who you feel might wish to write her ∑ I have also written to F. Bloch and Weisskopf∑»

Please Note: Reserve Price €700