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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Dulong, M.; Ørsted, Hans Christian,; Carus, Carl Gustav,; Dumas, J.-B.; Héricart-Ferrand, Louis Étienne François, vicomte de Thury,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Dumas, J.-B.; Peyre, Antoine Marie,; Stenhouse, John,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ehrenhaft, Felix,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Eiffel, Gustave,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Elie de Beaumont, L.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Evans, John, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Fairbairn, William, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Flourens, P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Forster, Benjamin Megget,; Luc, J. A. de; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ewing, J. A. Sir,; Carhart, Henry S.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Eytelwein, Johann Albert,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Faujas-de-St.-Fond, cit.; Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne,; Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ferrucci, Antonio,; Bertagnini, Cesare Pietro,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Figuier, Louis,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Fitzroy, Robert,; Dixon, William Hepworth,; Smyth, C. Piazzi; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Forbes, Edward,; Buckingham, James Silk,; Lankester, E. Ray Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Frankland, Edward, Sir,; Mills, Edmund James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Francœur, L.-B.; Puissant, L.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Fremy, E.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Frisi, Paolo,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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