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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Baier, Ferdinand Jacob,; Delius, Heinrich Friedrich von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Baily, Francis,; Sheepshanks, R.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Baker, Benjamin, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Balfour, John Hutton,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Baratier, J. P.; Académie royale des sciences (France); Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Beddoes, Thomas,; Jenkins, Isaac; Phillips, R. Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Beireis, Gottfried Christoph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Belgrado, Jacopo,; Alberti, Vincenzo Cammillo; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bell, Robert,; Frost, Edwin Hunt,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bergman, Torbern,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bert, Paul,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Berthelot, Daniel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Sande Bakhuyzen, H. G. van de; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Bethenod, Joseph,; Roth, Édouard.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Binney, Edward William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Black, Joseph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Blake, Clarence John,; Wolf, Oscar,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Boehm, Andreas,; Flatt, Johann Friedrich von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Boerhaave, Herman,; Miller, Philip,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Boncompagni, Baldassarre,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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