Letter from Paul Haenlein to Hermann Moedebeck, 1904-02-12
This letter is from engineer Paul Haenlein, to Hermann Moedebeck. The Lilienthal museum shared a transcription, in German, online. We don't see the original, which was handwritten. Below is a translation of the transcription by Deepl, with slight simplifications by user:econterms:
Mainz, Forsterstraße 13 II. 12 Feb. 04
Dear Major! First Lieutenant Hildebrandt was kind enough to write to you regarding my brochure, but as I forgot to inform him of one detail, I am taking the liberty of informing you now that, if you think it would be better to omit the addendum, I agree. I would now ask you to kindly inform me: 1) whether you are inclined to accept the whole thing (without the addendum). 2) by when at the latest the whole thing will be published. 3) what maximum fee you are willing to pay for the whole thing, not per line.
I am urged to make a decision very soon and therefore kindly request that you send me news as soon as possible, if possible immediately, from which I can see directly, without further correspondence, whether to proceed or not. I am constantly preoccupied with the question of steerable airships, have new ideas and now also have more time to put them on paper, and could possibly also contribute to your magazine at a later date. With kind regards, yours sincerely, Paul Haenlein
P.S. The first lieutenant informs me that Prof. Busley, who had seen my manuscript, wrote to him saying that he had no objections to the calculations contained therein.
Sources
- Archive record of this letter on Lilienthal museum site
- Transcript of the letter by Lilienthal museum site, with our thanks
- translated in Deepl and text simplified above
Sender | Paul Haenlein |
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Recipient | Hermann Moedebeck |
Date sent | 1904-02-12 |
From location | Mainz |
To location | |
Communication type | letter |
Language | de |
Refers to flight? | 1 |
Tech fields | |
Length (in words) | 3 |
Full text available | 1 |