Dibner Library Manuscripts

first page of a handwritten letter from Galileo Galilei letter Nicolas Peiresc in 1635

This collection includes correspondence, study and laboratory books, notes, diaries, and hand-lettered texts by notable scientists from the 13th to the 20th centuries. Authors like Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Tycho Brahe, Nicola Tesla, Albert Einstein and many other significant scientific figures are represented. The manuscripts were carefully selected and originally collected by Bern Dibner (1897-1988) and complement his invaluable collection of rare books on the history of science that are now held by the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology.

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Delafosse, G,; Milne-Edwards, H.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Desagneaux, P. C. L,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Desaguliers, J. T.; Newton, Isaac,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Descartes, René,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dessaignes, Victor,; Milne-Edwards, H.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Diesterweg, Friedrich Adolph Wilhelm,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ditmars, Raymond Lee,; Grinnell, George Bird,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Douglas, A. E,; Baumgart, Mars; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Du Châtelet, Gabrielle Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise,; Trublet, Nicolas Charles Joseph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dudley, Robert, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Duisberg, Carl,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Duryea, Charles E.,; Morey, Samuel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ebillot,; Hugueny, C. A.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ellerman, Ferdinand,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ellis, Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Emmons, Ebenezer,; Marcy, William L.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Erastus, Thomas,; Lavater, Ludwig,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Erdmann, Otto Linné,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Drude, Paul,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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