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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Hrdlička, Aleš,; Mason, Otis T.,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hudson, Robert,; Hogg, Jabez,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hue, Louis,; Jerdan, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Palmieri, Giuseppe,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hedin, Sven Anders,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hell, Miksa,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hellwig, Johann Christoph Ludwig,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Henry, William Charles,; Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Herapath, John,; Babbage, Charles,; Herschel, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hermbstädt, Sigismund Friedrich,; Jacquin, Joseph Franz, Freiherr von.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Herschel, Alexander Stewart,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Herschel, August Wilhelm Eduard Theodor,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hull, Edward,; De Rance, Charles Eugene,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hussey, William Joseph,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Huygens, Christiaan,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jacobi, Carl Friedr. Andr.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Janet, Pierre,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jeaurat, Edme-Sébastien,; Hutton, Charles,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jervis-Smith, Frederick John,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Tweeddale, Arthur Hay, Marquis of,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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