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Nobel Prize winning physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes autograph letter signed, dated 5 May 1900 from Leiden, Netherlands. In this letter to fellow Nobel laureate Wilhelm Wien, Kamerlingh Onnes asks Wien to contribute to the ''Festschrift'' or celebration for Hendrik Lorentz's 25th anniversary of his doctorate, which would take place on 11 December 1900. Like Onnes and Wien, Lorentz would also go on to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Letter in German is penned on a page of bifolium stationery, measuring 4.5'' x 7.125'' as folded. Single fold, and two hole punches, one of which affects the end of Onnes' signature, otherwise near fine. With full translation from the original German.
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes Autograph Letter Signed From 1900, Regarding the 25th Anniversary Celebration of Fellow Nobel Laureate Hendrik Lorentz
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