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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Samuda, Joseph d'Aquilar,; Samuda, Jacob,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Sartorius von Waltershausen, W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Scaliger, Joseph Juste,; Drusius, Joannes,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Scherer, Alexander Nicolaus,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Schönbein, Christian Friedrich,; Nicklès, Franc̜ois Joseph Jérôme,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Schröter, Johann Hieronymus,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Smith, James Edward,; Sims, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Smyth, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Smyth, W,; Rathbone, Theodore William.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Snell, Friedrich Wilhelm Daniel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of,; Faraday, Michael,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Sowerby, James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Sowerby, James de Carle,; Mantell, Gideon Algernon,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Soxhlet, Franz, ritter von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Spottiswoode, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); London Vaccine Institution.
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Stearns, J. B,; Edison, Thomas A.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Stefan, Jožef,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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St. John, Charles Edward,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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