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 The Regimen

The Regimen

Newton, Isaac
[between 1660 and 1727]
Cover of The sun not what it appears to be

The sun not what it appears to be

Rogers, Henry Raymond,; Langley, S. P.; Smithsonian Institution. Hodgkins fund.
Cover of Tractatus de corpore naturale

Tractatus de corpore naturale

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Tractatus de experimentis mathematicis

Tractatus de experimentis mathematicis

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Traité de méchanique

Traité de méchanique

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Tratado quinto dela artilleria

Tratado quinto dela artilleria

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Trattato d'aritmetica

Trattato d'aritmetica

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Trattato d'ottica

Trattato d'ottica

Veneziani, Giuseppe
[19th century]

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