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 Vitesse des ondes

Vitesse des ondes

Clapeyron, E.; Sénarmont, Henry Hureau de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Who are you?

Who are you?

Einstein, Albert
[195-?]
Cover of [Applicazione della fotografia alla microscopia]

[Applicazione della fotografia alla microscopia]

Tedeschi, V.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Page from Commonplace book concerning science and mathematics

[Commonplace book concerning science and mathematics]

Smith, Mary; Jones, William; Robinson, Nicholas; Rowning, J.; Baxter, Andrew; Hodson, Francis; Fletcher, Thomas
[between 1769 and 1780?]
Cover of [De l'aymant]

[De l'aymant]

Rohault, Jacques,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [De physica]

[De physica] v. 2

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Drawing of a pump]

[Drawing of a pump]

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Lecture notes on the natural history of man]

[Lecture notes on the natural history of man]

Rhind, William; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Mathematics]

[Mathematics]

Wilson, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Measuring the earth]

[Measuring the earth]

William, Thomas, (mathematician); Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Mesmerismo]

[Mesmerismo]

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Navigation]

[Navigation]

Barker, Joseph
1759-1761
Cover of [Physics -- experimental equipment]

[Physics -- experimental equipment]

Volta, Alessandro,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of [Practical notebook]

[Practical notebook]

Sheldrake, Thomas B.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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