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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Maskelyne, Nevil,; Buchan, David Stewart Erskine, Earl of,; Pigott, Nathaniel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Matteucci, Carlo,; Gazzeri, Giuseppe,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Maury, Matthew Fontaine,; Kane, Elisha Kent,; Meriam, Ebenezer,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Michelson, Albert A.; Carhart, Henry S.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Miers, Henry Alexander, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mill, John Stuart,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Miller, Oscar von,; Zimmermann, Walter; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mitchell, Maria,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mitscherlich, Eilhard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Langley, S. P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Moigno, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Monge, Gaspard,; Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mons, Jean-Baptiste van,; Döbereiner, Johann Wolfgang,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Montgolfier, Jacques-Etienne,; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir,; Thiselton-Dyer, William T.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Perkin, William Henry, Sir,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Peucer, Kaspar,; Melanchthon, Philipp,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Phillips, John,; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,; Buckland, William,; Sowerby, G. B.; Strickland, H. E.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Pickering, Edward C.; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Pictet, Marc-Auguste,; Marcet, Alexander,; Volta, Alessandro,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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