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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Regnault, V.; Sénarmont, Henry Hureau de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Reich, Ferdinand,; Sowerby, James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Reichenbach, Karl, Freiherr von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Reichenbach, H. G. Ludwig; Nicard, P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Rennie, George,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Rennie, John,; Pond, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Richet, Charles Robert,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Riemann, Bernhard,; Dedekind, Richard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Righi, Augusto,; Marconi, Guglielmo,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ross, James Clark, Sir,; Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,; Ransome, George,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Robinson, Wirt,; Allen, J. A.; Bangs, Outram,; Bendire, Charles,; Brewster, William,; Garman, Samuel,; Henshaw, Samuel,; Lucas, Frederic A.; Miller, Gerrit S.; Scudder, Samuel Hubbard,; Stone, Witmer,; Strecker, Herman,; Taylor, Charles Bell,; Thaxter, Roland,; Wetmore, Alexander,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad,; Krauss, Maximilian,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Roscoe, Henry E.; Crompton, Joseph.; Foster, Myles Birket,; Meyer, Victor,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Rosse, G. H., Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Rutherford, Ernest,; Pupin, Michael Idvorsky,; Willows, Richard Smith,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Sage, Balthazar Georges,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Saussure, Nicolas Théodore de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Schiaparelli, G. V.; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Schlagintweit, Robert von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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