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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Plate, Ludwig,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Murray, John,; Nichols, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Nichol, J. P.; Brewster, David,; Mackay, Charles,; Milne-Home, David,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Nordenskiöld, A. E.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Nürnberger, Joseph Christian Emil,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Orfila, Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure,; Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de,; David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean,; Trémont, Louis Philippe Joseph Girod de Vienney, baron de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Osler, William, Sir,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Owen, Richard,; Napoleon III, Emperor of the French,; Balfour, Edward,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron,; Biddulph, Thomas Myddleton, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Plücker, Julius,; Moigno, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Poincaré, Henri,; Appell, Paul,; Darboux, Gaston,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Poncelet, M.; Baudraud, Marie-Etienne Franc̜ois Henri, comte,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Pontanus, Johannes Isacius,; Hoffer, Adriaan,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Pouillet, M.; Cordier, P. L. A.; Gaultier de Claubry, Henri François,; Melloni, Macedonio,; Sénarmont, Henri Hureau de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Powell, Baden,; Gilbert, Davies,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Rosse, William Parsons, Earl of,; Yates, James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Preece, William Henry, Sir,; Carhart, Henry S.; Marconi, Guglielmo,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Purkyně, Jan Evangelista,; Otto, Friedrich Julius,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ramsay, William,; Le Chatelier, Henri,; Lupton, J. H,; Meyer, Victor,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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