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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.

A week's conversation on the plurality of worlds.
By Monsieur Fontenelle. Translated from the last Paris edition, wherein are many improvements throughout; and some new observations on several discoveries which have been lately made in the heavens. By William Gardiner, esq;, Translation of: Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes., The first edition of the Gardiner translation has title: Conversations on the plurality of worlds., Head and tail pieces; initials.
Essays physical and chemical / by M. Lavoisier ; translated from the French with notes and an Appendix by Thomas Henry.
No more published.
Instructions concerning erecting of a library, presented to my lord, the President De Mesme
by Gabriel Naudeus ...; and now interpreted by Jo. Evelyn, Esquire., Title within borders., Head ornament., Ornamental initial., Running title., Signatures: A-G., Translation of Advis pour dresser une bibliotheque.
United States exploring expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842
v. 1-5. Narrative of the United States exploring expedition during the years 1838-42 / by Charles Wilkes. 1845 -- v. 10. Geology / by James D. Dana. 1849 -- v. 17. Botany : Cryptogamia ; Musci / by William S. Sullivant ; Lichenes / by Edward Tuckerman ; Algae / by J.W. Bailey and W.H. Harvey ; Fungi / by M.A. Curtis and M.J. Berkeley ; Phanerogamia of Pacific North America / by John Torrey ; ed. by Asa Gray. 1874., under the command of Charles Wilkes., v. 10, Atlas, has imprint: New York : G.P. Putnam ; London : Putnam's American Agency, [n.d.]., Published under act of Congress of Aug. 26, 1842, which provided: "That there shall be published ... an account of the discoveries made by the Exploring expedition under the command of Lieutenant Wilkes ... which account shall be ... published in a form similar to the voyage of the Astrolabe, lately published by the government of France.", By the same act, the edition was limited to 100 copies. Mr. Wilkes, however, secured copyright on his Narrative of the expedition, under which privilege he published several editions of that part of the reports. Later, also, the authors themselves, or publishers who might be willing to undertake it, were allowed to issue an additional 150 copies of most of the various reports, and under this arrangement, from 100 to 150 copies of most of the volumes were published in addition to the 100 copies provided for by the government. The official edition however was 100 copies only., The publication was never completed. Five volumes are unpublished: v. 18, Botany / by Asa Gray; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v. 21-22, Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v. 24, Physics / by Charles Wilkes., Volumes of unfinished plates--some of them in proof before lettering--are found, without t.p. or other printed matter. The Library of Congress has two such volumes: one of 71 pl. (4 col.) from the atlases to Botany, and one of 32 col. pl., 28 of which belong to the unpublished v. 21-11, Icthyology, and 4 to v. 12, Mollusca and shells., v. 10 book plate: Ex libris Herbert McLean Evans
Geographie physique, ou, Essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre
traduit de l'anglois par M. Noguez. Avec la reponse aux observations de M. le docteur Camerarius, plusieurs lettres ecrites sur la meme matiere; & la distribution methodique des fossiles / traduits de l'anglois du meme M. Wodward par le R. P. Niceron.
Dissertatio philosophico-astronomica de motu terrae et phaenomenis inde oriudis, quam consentiente amplissimo philosophorum ordine pro loco in eodem rite capessendo die Nov. MDCCLVI. publico eruditorum examini subiiciet praeses M. Ioannes Ernestus Basiliu
The book of the great sea-dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, [gedolim taninim] gedolim taninim, of Moses. Extinct monsters of the ancient earth. With thirty plates, copied from skeletons in the author's collection of fossil organic remains, (deposited
By Thomas Hawkins ...
Naturalium quaestiunum libri VII. Matthaei Fortunati in eosdem libros annotationes. Index rerum notatu dignarum in calce operis appositus ...
Imprint from colophon., Includes index., DeGolyer Collection bookplate.
Historia plantarum; species hactenus editas aliasque insuper multas noviter inventas & descriptas complectens. In qua agitur primo de plantis in genere, earumque partibus, accidentibus & differentiis; deinde genera omnia tum summa tum subalterna ad speci
Auctore, Joanne Raio., tom. 1-2 paged continuously; tom. 1: [26], 983 p.; tom. 2: [8], 985-1944, [35] p., Paging irregular; various repetitions in numbering., tom. 3 published by S. Smith & B. Walford., v. 2 has title: Joannis Raii Histori plantarum tomus secundus: cum duplici indice; generali altero nominum & synonymorum prcipuorum; altero affectuum & remediorum: accessit nomenclator botanicus anglo-latinus., v. 3 has title: Joannis Raii ... Histori plantarum tomus tertius: qui est supplementum duorum prcedentium: species omnes vel omissas, vel post volumina illa evulgata editas, prter innumeras fere novas & indictas ab amicis communicatas complectens: cum synonymis necessariis, et usibus in cibo, medicina, & mechanicis: addito ad opus consummandum generum indice copioso. Accessit Historia stirpium ins. Luzonis & reliquarum Philippinarum a R. P. Geo. Jos. Camello ... item D. Jos. Pitton Tournefort ... Corollarium institutionum rei harbari.
Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Jesu China monumentis : quà sacris quà profanis, nec non variis naturæ & artis spectaculis, aliarumque rerum memorabilium argumentis illustrata, auspiciis Leopoldi Primi.
Monumenti syro-sinici interpretatio -- De variis itineribus in Chinam susceptis -- De idololatria ex Occidente primùm in Persidem, Indiam ac deindè in ultimas Orientis, Tartariæ, Chinæ, Japponiæ regiones successivâ propagatione introducta -- China curiosis naturæ & artis miraculis illustrata -- De architectonica cæterisque mechanicis artibus Sinensium -- De Sinensium literatura., Added t.-p., engraved., "Elenchus librorum a P. Athanasio Kirchero ... editorum": 2 p. at end., Signatures: *-**(superscript 4), A-Z(superscript 4), Aa-Hh(superscript 4)., Includes index., Text in Arabic, Latin, and Sanskrit.
Ephemerides Andreæ Argoli a Talliacozzo medici, & philosophi ad longitvdinem almæ vrbis Romæ : Ab anno Incarnationis Dominicæ MDCXXI. vsque ad MDCXL. ex Prutenicis tabulis concinnè supputatæ : Eiusdem Isagogæ, & canones absolutissimi prima præcepta omnia
These astronomical tables were based on Erasmus Reinhold's Prutenic tables and on the observations of Tycho Brahe., Chiefly tables., The publisher statement appears after the date of publication., Signatures: [cross]⁴ A-P⁸ Q⁴ R⁸ S⁴; A-2M⁸ 2N² (as recorded in regestrum on last page)., Title in black and red, with printer's vignette (woodcut)., Page 175 misnumbered as 169., Leaf signed R4 misnumbered as A4.
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Glaser's Beschreibung einer neuerfundenen Studier- und Sparlampe : zu Erhaltung der Augen und bequemen Gebrauch bei einigen andern Nebenabsichten eingerichtet.
Title vignette depicts old man reading in a woodland shelter., Publisher's advertisement: p. [1] (2nd group).