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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Montferrier, Alexandre André Victor Sarrazin de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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New York (State). Legislature. Senate.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Pasquich, Johann,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Potier, A,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Ecole polytechnique (France)
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Cassini, César-François,; Camus, Charles-Étienne-Louis,; Grandjean de Fouchy, Jean-Paul,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Flamsteed, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Cremona, Luigi,; Weyr, Emil.; Weyr, František,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Drawing

Englefield, Henry, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Drawing and explanation

Chantepie,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Electricity [and] magnetism

Leycester, Robert; Banks, Joseph; Franklin, Benjamin; Galvani, Luigi; Priestley, Joseph; Volta, Alessandro
[19th century]
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Elements of geometry

Walker, George; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Engine book

Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company; Allis-Chalmers Company
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Envelope

Lavater,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Epigram

Cankler, Bernhard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Epigram

Hoffman, Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ernst Mach papers

Mach, Ernst; Baege, Max Hermann; Einstein, Albert; Gomperz, Heinrich; Haas, William S.; Helm, Georg Ferdinand; Höfler, Alois; Kulke, Eduard; Lampa, Anton; Petzoldt, Joseph; Popper-Lynkeus, Josef; Tausig, Paul

Ernst Mach was an Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (born 1838 died 1916) who made contributions to physics and the philosophy of science. Mach was the first to study super-sonic motion.

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