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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L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de,; Heinsius Gottfried,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Galloway, Thomas,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Galton, Douglas, Sir,; Barry, Charles, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Society of Antiquaries of London.
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Gaudry, Albert,; Evans, John, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gaultier de Claubry, Henri François,; Otho I, King of Greece,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis,; Arcet, Jean-Pierre-Joseph d',; Berthier, Pierre,; Chamberet, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Anne-César Tyrbas de,; Coulier, Philippe Jean; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gehlen, Adolph Ferdinand,; Martius, Ernst Wilhelm,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Girard, Philippe Henri de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Glaisher, James,; Hogg, Jabez,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Grove, William Robert, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Galton, Francis,; Evans, John, Sir,; Stenhouse, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gould, Benjamin Apthorp,; Militzer, Hermann.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Govi, Gilberto,; Favaro, Antonio,; Moigno, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Greeley, Adolphus Washington,; Brainard, David L.; Halsey, Frederick A.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gamelʹ, Ī.; Holt, David,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Guericke, Otto von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Guglielmini, Giovanni Battista,; Caldani, Petronio Maria,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hales, Stephen,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hamberger, Georg Erhard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hansen, P. A.; Weber, Wilhelm Eduard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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