On Boltzmann's principle and some immediate consequences thereof

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This is a previously unpublished manuscript of the lecture given by A. Einstein on November 2, 1910 before the Zurich Physical Society. The original document can be found in the bequest of Heinrich Zangger, at the Manuscripts Department of the Central Library of Zurich. Transcribed with the permission of the Central Library by W. Hunziker and A. Schultze (Institute for Theoretical Physics, ETH Zurich), kindly transmitted by N. Straumann (Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zurich-Irchel). The notes are by B. Duplantier (Department of Theoretical Physics, Saclay). Copyright: Einstein, Albert: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, © 1987-2005 Hebrew University and Princeton University Press. Reprinted by permission of Princeton University Press. © Birkhauser Verlag, Basel, 2005.