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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Cover of Correspondence

Correspondence

Bolyai, Farkas,; Bolyai, János,; Gauss, Carl Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Correspondence

Correspondence

Carhart, Henry S.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Correspondence

Correspondence

Christie, Samuel Hunter,; Brande, William Thomas,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Cours de physique

Cours de physique

Roques, Pierre; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Cristallographie

Cristallographie

Romé de L'Isle, Jean Baptiste Louis de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Descrizione dei telegrafi elettrici

Descrizione dei telegrafi elettrici

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Dialogo delle cose meteo[ro]logiche

Dialogo delle cose meteo[ro]logiche

Zuccolo, Vitale; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Diary

Diary

McAuley, William
Cover of Differentialgleichungen

Differentialgleichungen

Klein, Felix; Prange, Georg; Universität Göttingen

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