Albert Einstein to Stephen Brunauer - October 15, 1944
A. EINSTEIN,
112, MERCER STREET,
PRINCETON,
NEW JERSEY, U.S.A.
CONFIDENTIAL
October 15,1944
Lt.Comm.Stephen Brunauer
Dr.G.Gamov
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Washington D.C.
There is still another possibility to bring about quick compression
![[Picture not shown yet]](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:Letter_of_Albert_Einstein_to_the_Lieutenant_Stephen_Brunauer,_U.S._Navy_Bureau_of_Ordnance._-_NARA_-_305255_-_sketch_crop.jpg)
The metal container, mainly through his inertia, is nearly equivalent to a rigid wall. The location of initiation and gas capsule is chosen in such a way that the compression of the latter is effected in the shortest time.
Very sincerely yours,
A. Einstein.
Albert Einstein.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was legally published within the United States (or the United Nations Headquarters in New York subject to Section 7 of the United States Headquarters Agreement) between 1931 and 1977 (inclusive) without a copyright notice.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1955, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse