Digital Editions from the Dibner Library

• Jacques Dauphinois Besson. Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum (1578). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  
• Tycho Brahe. Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica (1602). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  
• Christiaan Huygens. Systema Saturnium (1659). Digital Edition. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 1999
  

Digital Collections from the Dibner Library

• Scientific Identity: The Dibner Library's collection of portraits of men and women of science and techonolgy
• Incunabula: The Dibner Library's collection of rare books printed before 1501.
• Ramelli's Machines: Original drawings of 16th century machines for Agostino Ramelli's Le diverse et artificiose machine (Paris, 1588).
• Heralds of Science: The Heralds of Science are the 200 books and articles selected by Bern Dibner, and donated to us in 1976, as the most significant titles in the formation and development of Western science and technology.

Dibner Library News (in PDF format)

• Vol. 5, No. 2- Spring-Summer 2005
• Vol. 5, No. 1- Spring-Summer 2004
• Vol. 4, No. 2- Fall 2003
• Vol. 3, No. 2/Vol.4, No.1- Fall 2002-Spring 2003 Joint Issue
• Vol. 3, No. 1 - Summer 2002
• Vol. 2, No. 2 - Fall 2001
• Vol. 2, No. 1 - Spring 2001
• Vol. 1, No. 2 - Fall 2000
• Vol. 1, No. 1 - Spring 2000

Dibner Library Lectures On The History Of Science And Technology Available Online

• 2006: Political Arithmetic
  Joyce Chaplin (Harvard University) on "Benjamin Franklin's Political Arithmetic: A Materialist View of Humanity"
  December 13, 2006.
• 2004: Astronomy
  Albert Van Helden (Rice University and the University of Utrecht) discusses the beginnings of telescopic astronomy. View the webcast.
  October 27, 2004.
• 2003: Metrology
  Ken Alder (Northwestern University) on "The Measure of the World."
  November 5, 2003.
• 2002: Technology
  Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) discusses "Magic and Technology in Early Modern Europe."
  October 15, 2002.
• 2001: The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at 25 Years: Celebrating the Collector's Vision and Its Legacy
  Owen Gingerich (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard University) on "Icons of Understanding: Celebrating Bern Dibner's Heralds of Science."
  October 3, 2001.
• 2000: Scientific Discoveries
  Kenneth L. Caneva (Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro) on "The Form and Function of Scientific Discoveries."
  November 16, 2000.
  
• 2000: Astronomy
  Steven J. Dick (U. S. Naval Observatory) on "Extraterrestrial Life and Our World View at the Turn of the Millennium."
  May 2, 2000.