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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Bailly, Jean Sylvain,; Necker, Jacques,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Banks, Joseph,; Garthshore, Maxwell,; Harrison, George,; Linné, Carl von,; Pulteney, Richard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Benzenberg, J. F.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bernegger, Matthias,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Berthollet, Claude-Louis,; Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis,; Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de,; Monge, Gaspard,; Arago, F.; Arcet, Jean d',; Berthier, Pierre,; Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup,; Tôchon, J. F.; Berthollet, Marie-Marguerite.
1806-1816
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Bertin, Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Berthelot, M.; Matignon, Camille,; Pingard.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Boeckmann, Johann Lorenz,; Beckmann, Johann,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bigourdan, G.; Marguet, Frédéric Philippe,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Gauthier-Villars (Firm)
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Blümcke, Adolf,; Pictet, Raoul,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Boltzmann, Ludwig,; Mach, Ernst,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bolzano, Bernard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Born, Ignaz, Edler von,; Hermann, Johann,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bossut, Charles,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bowditch, Nathaniel,; Emerson, George B.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Brewster, David,; Ørsted, Hans Christian,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Brodetsky, Selig,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Brunel, Marc Isambard,; Avannes, d',; Bréguet, Abraham Louis,; Hudson, James; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Camerarius, Joachim,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Carnegie, Andrew,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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