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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Gray, Asa,; Peabody, Andrew P.; Williamson, William Crawford,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Grignard, Victor,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Gruithuisen, Franz von Paula,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Haber, Fritz,; Wirth, Joseph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hachette, M.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Haeckel, Ernst,; Devrient, Otto,; Ingersoll, Robert Green,; Lees, George Frederic William,; Paine, Thomas,; Wollweber, Otto,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hale, George Ellery,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hassenfratz, J. H.; Cuvier, Georges, baron,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Herschel, William,; Banks, Joseph,; Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino,; Cavallo, Tiberius,; Luc, J. A. de; Schröter, Johann Hieronymus,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hertz, Heinrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hevelius, Johannes,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hoff, J. H. van 't; Meyer, Victor,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hofmann, August Wilhelm von,; Paalzow, Carl Adolph,; Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron,; Wurtz, Charles Adolphe,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Holden, Edward Singleton,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Lick Observatory.
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Hörbiger, Hanns,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Heaviside, Oliver,; Barton, Edwin Henry,; Perry, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Helmholtz, Hermann von,; Carhart, Henry S.; Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Hempel, Walther,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Herschel, John F. W. Sir,; Arago, F.; Daniell, J. Frederic; Elliot, James,; Lubbock, J. W.; Moigno, abbé; Quetelet, Adolphe,; Schumacher, Heinrich Gottlob,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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