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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Legendre, A. M.; Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Firmin-Didot (Firm)
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lenard, Philipp,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Le Verrier, U.-J.; Barral, J. A.; Bernays, Albert James,; Lubbock, J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Libri, Guillaume; Breschet, G.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Linde, Carl Paul Gottfried, Ritter von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Linke,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lister, Joseph, Baron,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lorenz, Johann Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lorentz, H. A.; Ehrenfest, Paul,; Levi-Civita, Tullio,; Sommerfeld, Arnold,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lubbock, J. W.; Chantrey, Francis, Sir,; Herschel, John F. W.; Kingsley, Charles,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); University of Cambridge.
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Lyell, Charles, Sir,; Codrington, Edward, Sir,; Geikie, Archibald,; Kingsley, Charles,; La Hire, Philippe de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lubbock, John, Sir,; Browning, Robert,; Flower, William Henry,; Herschel, Alexander Stewart,; Hooker, Joseph Dalton,; Huggins, William, Sir,; Weismann, August,; Wilde, W. R.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Madden, Richard Robert,; Wilde, W. R.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Magalhães, João Jacinto de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Magnus, Heinrich Gustav,; Wöhler, Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mairan, Dortous de,; Abeille, Louis-Paul,; Nollet, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Manfredi, Eustachio,; Maraldi, Giacomo Filippo,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Masaryk, T. G.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mascart, Éleuthère Élie Nicolas,; Carhart, Henry S.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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