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 13^th to the 20^th 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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Discorso di Leontio artefice sopra la sfera di Arato et fabbrica di quella

Baldi, Bernardino; Aratus, Solensis; Leontius, Mechanicus

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Cover of Dissertazione sopra l'elasticità dell'aria letta nell'Accademia di Fisica Sperimentale di S.E.

Dissertazione sopra l'elasticità dell'aria letta nell'Accademia di Fisica Sperimentale di S.E. il Sig'le Cardinale de Zelada il di XXIX Aprile MDCCLXXXI

Bontadosi, Girolamo; Zelada, Francesco Saverio, cardinal

1781

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Böttger, Johann Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Bouguer, M.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Boscovich, Ruggero Giuseppe,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Corvisart des Marets, Jean Nicolas, baron,; Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques,; Deyeux, Nicolas,; Haüy, René Just,; Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Celsius, Anders,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Dingeldey, Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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Cassini, César-François,; Camus, Charles-Étienne-Louis,; Grandjean de Fouchy, Jean-Paul,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)