Lot 164
Einstein, Albert -- TLS Plus Copy of a TLS With Original Diagram, Equations and Other Annotations. Typed letter signed "A. Einstein" on letterhead with blind embossed "A. Einstein, 112, Mercer Street, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.," one page, 11 x 8", Jan. 16, 1954. To Mr. Charles Hapgood in New York City, enclosing a carbon copy of a letter he wrote to Mr. William Farrington, Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Massachusetts, on Hapgood's theory of earth crust replacement. The two yellow pages hold original annotations in Einstein's hand: an original diagram, three equations, a term representing tangential force, and five handwritten angles--three for "beta" and two for "phi," as well as one holograph word.
Einstein wrote to Farrington: "When I read your letter…I too had…the impression that I had overestimated erroneously the dislocating force on the solid crust due to an additional (excentrically located) mass. More careful consideration has shown me, however, that, paradoxically, your argument is not conclusive." Einstein goes on to explain and illustrate, concluding, "I think that the idea of Mr. Hapgood has to be taken quite seriously."
Einstein wrote a foreword to Hapgood's The Earth's Shifting Crust, which was published in 1958, Hapgood's book denied the existence of continental drift, speculating that the ice mass at one or both poles over-accumulates and destabilizes the Earth's rotational balance, causing slippage of all or much of Earth's outer crust around the Earth's core, which retains its axial orientation. Fine. Estimate $10,000 - UP
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