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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Kitchiner, William,; Jerdan, William,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kopp, Hermann,; Lucae, Johann Constantin August,; Meyer, Victor,; Scheurer-Kestner, Auguste,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lagrange, J. L.; Arago, F.; Maraldi, Gian Domenico; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lambert, Johann Heinrich,; Gesner, Johannes,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lamberg, Maximilian Joseph, Graf von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lampadius, W. A.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Landriani, Marsilio,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lardner, Dionysius,; Montgomery, James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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La Rive, Auguste de,; Ampère, André-Marie,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Larrey, D. J. baron,; David d'Angers, Pierre-Jean,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lassell, W,; Lubbock, J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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La Rive, Charles-Gaspard de,; Marcet, Alexander,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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La Villesboisnet, W. Espivent de,; Moigno, abbé; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Le Chatelier, Henri,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lefévre-Gineau, Louis,; Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Legendre, A. M.; Kératry, Auguste Hilarion de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Firmin-Didot (Firm)
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Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lenard, Philipp,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Le Verrier, U.-J.; Barral, J. A.; Bernays, Albert James,; Lubbock, J. W.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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