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 Letter Princeton, N.J., to Richard Philip Baker, Iowa City, Iowa.

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Einstein, Albert; Baker, Richard Philip
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Carlleyle, A. C. L.; Rivett-Carnac, John Henry
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Abel, Frederick Augustus, Sir,; Hooker, Joseph Dalton,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Apostoli, Georges,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Arago, Etienne,; Gigoux, Jean,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Archer, Frederick Scott,; Diamond, Hugh Welch; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Arco, Georg von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Rudolf Mosse (firm)
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Argelander, Fr.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of,; Heddle, Matthew Forster,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Arnott, Neil,; Sowerby, James de Carle,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Barrande, Joachim,; Sandberger, Guido,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bassi Verati, Laura Maria Caterina,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Beaufort, Francis, Sir,; Lubbock, J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Beccaria, Giambatista,; Beccaria, Joseph Maria,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Algarotti, Francesco, conte,; Maupertuis,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Allen, William,; Howard, Luke,; Luc, J. A. de; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ampère, J.-J.; Abrahams, Levin.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Anderson, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Anderson, Thomas,; Pelouze, J.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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