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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Cover of Memoirs

Memoirs

Rennie, John; Bossut, Charles; Maskelyne, Nevil; Perronet, Jean-Rodolphe; Smeaton, John
Cover of Memorial d'un mondain [extract]

Memorial d'un mondain [extract]

Raspe, Rudolf Erich,; Lamberg, Maximilian Joseph, Graf von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Mercurii zweyfacher Schlangen-Stab

Mercurii zweyfacher Schlangen-Stab

Paracelsus; Nuisement, Clovis Hesteau, sieur de
1679
Cover of Meteorites

Meteorites

Karr, Corydon Powell
[ca. 1878]
Cover of Minerals

Minerals

Bonney, T. G.
[between 1853 and 1923]
Cover of Monografia del carbonio e dei suoi ossidi

Monografia del carbonio e dei suoi ossidi

Trento, Emilio; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Notanda chymica

Notanda chymica

Newton, Isaac; Maier, Michael
[between 1660 and 1727]

Though Sir Isaac Newton’s work in chemistry is often overshadowed by his more celebrated discoveries in physics, his enduring interest in early chemistry (chymistry) is well recorded by the extensi
Cover of Note

Note

Bernard, Claude,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Note

Billroth, Theodor,; Török, R.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Note

Finsen, Niels R.,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Note

Gmelin, Leopold,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Riecke, E.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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