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History of Science Collection

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OU Libraries’ History of Science digital collection began with several hundred 15th- through 18th-century rare books, maps, and other items digitized for the 2015-2016 Galileo’s World exhibition. They range from art, music, astronomy, and meteorology through natural history, the human body, microscopy, physics, and engineering, and on to religion and travels to China and the Americas. All images in the digital collection have been released to the public domain. When using images from this collection, please include the following attribution statement: Image(s) courtesy History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, Oklahoma.

Gli arcani delle stelle intorno a i più notabili euenti nelle cose del mondo per l'anno MDCXLIX. Discorso astrologico.
Date of publication from BLC and Riccardi., Dedication dated: 16 December, 1648., Title vignette; initials., BLC, v. 54, p. 201., Riccardi, P. Bib. matematica, I, column 266.
L'Occhiale all'occhio, dioptrica practica del co. Carlo Antonio Manzini ... Doue si tratta della luce; della refrattione de raggi, dell'occhio; della vista; e de gli aiuti, che dare si possono à gli occhi per vedere quasi l'impossible. Doue in oltre si sp
Author's presentation copy., Author's corrections in ms.
Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II, gran duca di Toscana : intorno alle cose, che stanno sù l'acqua, ò che in quella si muouono
di Galileo Galilei ..., T.p. and dedication for Risposta alle oppositioni by Galileo Galilei are included at [1]-[4] (2nd group)., Signatures: [cross]², [cross]², A-G⁴, H⁶., Handwritten notes throughout text.