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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Huggins, William, Sir,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Huxley, Thomas Henry,; Barlow, John,; Becker, Bernard Henry,; Cole, Henry,; Darwin, Charles,; Evans, John, Sir,; Farrar, F. W.; Günther, Albert C. L. G.; Garnett, Richard,; Hart, Solomon Alexander,; Milne-Edwards, H.; Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir,; Tyndall, John,; Wallace, Alfred Russel,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Ingersoll, Robert Green,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jacquier, François,; Algarotti, Francesco, conte,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jenner, William, Sir,; Beresford Hope, A. J. B.; Sieveking, Edward Henry, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Julia de Fontenelle, M.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,; Richard, Achille,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kaestner, Abraham Gotthelf,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kekulé, August,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kirchhoff, G.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Klügel, Georg Simon,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kohlrausch, Friedrich Wilhelm Georg,; Carhart, Henry S.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kries, Friedrich,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni͡azʹ,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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La Cépède, M. le comte de; Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup,; Delattre, François-Pascal,; Desquiron, Antoine Toussaint,; Huzard, J.-B.; Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de,; Saint-Amans, Jean-Florimond Boudon de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lakanal, Joseph,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de,; Arduino, Giovanni,; Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di,; Luc, J. A. de; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Leblanc, Nicolas,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Le Monnier, M.; Matteucci, Petronio.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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