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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Chasles, M.; Lamé, G.; Sénarmont, Henry Hureau de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Combe, George,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Longmans.
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Darracq, François-Balthazar,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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David, Alois Martin,; Biela, Wilhelm von.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dawson, John William, Sir,; Huxley, Thomas Henry,; Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Delambre, J. B. J.; Ampère, André-Marie,; Boissonade, Jean François,; Dulong, M.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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De la Rue, Warren,; Duckworth, Dyce, Sir,; Hooker, Joseph Dalton,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Demolon, Albert,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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De Morgan, Augustus,; Dixon, William Hepworth,; Moigno, abbé; Rathbone, Theodore William.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Despretz, César Mansuète,; Lormier, Charles,; Moigno, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dewar, James, Sir,; Dixon, Harold Baily,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Deyeux, Nicolas,; Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dillwyn, L. W.; Davy, Humphry, Sir,; Osler, William, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dobbins, James,; Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Döbereiner, Johann Wolfgang,; Ørsted, Hans Christian,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Doppelmayr, Johann Gabriel,; Liebknecht, Johann Georg,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Clairaut, M.,; Richardson, Samuel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Downing, A. J.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Du Bois-Reymond, Emil,; Berthold, Gerhard,; Meyer, Victor,; Virchow, Rudolf,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Du Bois, Henri Éduard Johan Godfried,; Carhart, Henry S.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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