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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Lerch, Matyás̆,; Hermite, Charles,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Leslie, John, Sir,; Clarke, Edward Daniel,; Downie, Alexander Mackenzie, Sir,; Napier, Macvey,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Levi-Civita, Tullio,; Dell'Agnola, Carlo Alberto.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von,; Harley, George,; Wolff, Heinrich.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lockyer, Norman, Sir,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lodge, Oliver, Sir,; Allen, Herbert Stanley,; Barrett, William, Sir,; Flower, William Henry,; Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth,; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Lowell, Percival,; Knight, Wm. Henry,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mach, Ernst,; Rabel, Gabriele.; Zeller, Jules,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Marchand, Richard Félix,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese,; Thörnblad, Thor.; Thompson, Silvanus P.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Massimo, Mario,; Bellani, Angelo,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Maxim, Hudson,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mayer, Julius Robert von,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Mendel, Gregor,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Millikan, Robert Andrews,; Michelson, Albert A.; Pupin, Michael Idvorsky,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Minkowski, H.; Sommerfeld, Arnold,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Von Mises, Richard,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de,; Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup,; Cuvier, Georges, baron,; Davy, Humphry, Sir,; Oriani, Barnaba,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries); Société philomatique de Perpignan
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Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir,; Herschel, John F. W.; La Rive, Auguste de,; Milne-Edwards, H.; Milne-Home, David,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
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Nasmyth, James,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)

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