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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Hantzsch, A.; Fajans, Kasimir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Harker, Alfred,; Sollas, W. J.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hatson, James C,; Fizeau, H.; Le Verrier, U.-J.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hilbert, David,; Courant, Richard,; Debye, Peter J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hind, J. Russell; Lubbock, J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hitchcock, Edward,; Earle, John M.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hollmann, Samuel Christian,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hooker, Joseph Dalton,; Cole, Henry,; Cooper, William White; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hopkinson, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hopkins, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hube, Michael,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Heisenberg, E,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Henry, William,; Faraday, Michael,; Thomson, Thomas,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hughes, David Edward,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Humboldt, Wilhelm, Freiherr von,; Fauris de Saint-Vincens, Alexandre Jules Antoine.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Humboldt, Alexander von,; Milne-Edwards, H.; Schumacher, Heinrich Gottlob,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hunt, Thomas Sterry,; Sénarmont, Henry Hureau de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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I͡Akobi, Boris Semenovich,; Weber, Wilhelm Eduard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jahn, Gustav Adolph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jameson, Robert,; Clift, William,; Milne-Home, David,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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