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 Scrapbook

Scrapbook

Edison, Thomas A.; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Separatio elementorum ; Reductio et sublimatio

Separatio elementorum ; Reductio et sublimatio

Newton, Isaac; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Soie naturelle

Soie naturelle

Liénard-Fiévet, Ch; R. V. B.
Cover of Sopra un nuova barometro

Sopra un nuova barometro

Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of Telegram

Telegram

France. Ministère de la guerre; Bouthillier Chavigny, Charles Léon, marquis de,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of The air we breathe

The air we breathe

Letts, E. A.; Smithsonian Institution. Hodgkins fund.
Cover of The Channel tunnel

The Channel tunnel

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl,; Burndy Library Manuscripts Collection (Smithsonian Libraries)
Cover of The plane table

The plane table

Harrison, A. M.; Lyman, Benjamin Smith,; United States Coast Survey.
Cover of The Regimen

The Regimen

Newton, Isaac
[between 1660 and 1727]

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