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Postcard from Heike Kamerlingh Onnes to Georg Bredig, June 1920

  • 1920-Jun-10

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Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853-1926), a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate, congratulates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on becoming a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences.

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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute
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  • Translated by Jocelyn R. McDaniel
  • Transcribed by Gudrun Dauner
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  • Council on Library and Information Resources

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  • Series I – Georg Bredig Papers, 1891-1944
  • Series I: Sub-Series I. Georg Bredig Subject File, 1900-1944
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  • Box 2, Folder 28

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Kamerlingh Onnes, Heike. “Postcard from Heike Kamerlingh Onnes to Georg Bredig, June 1920,” June 10, 1920. Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, Box 2, Folder 28. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1mkj2nf.

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Prof. Dr. H
Kamerlingh Onnes
Leiden Holland

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Herrn Prof. Dr. G. Bredig
Chem. Instit.
Karlsruhe i / B

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Hochgeehrter Herr Kollege,

Zu Ihrer Ernennung zum auswärtigen Mitglied unserer Akademie bringe ich Ihnen meine besten Glückwünsche. Die Sache wurde schon vor langer Zeit in Ordnung gebracht, aber wir haben die Genehmigung d. M. unserer Königin abgewartet bevor wir darüber öffentlich sprechen können.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen

Hochachtungsvoll

Ihr ergebener
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

10. Juni 1920

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Professor Dr. H. Kamerlingh Onnes
Leiden, Holland

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Professor Dr. G. Bredig
Chemical Institute
Karlsruhe in Baden

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Dear Colleague,

I would like to congratulate you on your appointment as an external member of our Academy. The matter was settled a long time ago, but we have awaited the approval of Her Majesty the Queen before announcing it publicly.

Kind regards.

Yours sincerely,
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

June 10, 1920

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