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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.

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.
Joan. Bayeri ... Explicatio characterum æneis uranometrias imaginum, tabulis, insculptorum, addita, & commodiore hac forma tertiúm redintegrata.
Signatures: pi² B-N⁴ O² (F1 signed E)., Page 27 misnumbered 2., With: Bayer, Johannes. Vranometria, omnivm asterismorvm continens schemata. Vlmae, svmtibvs Iohannis Gorlini, 1661.
Demonstratio halonis
Leading mathematical astronomer of the 16th century and professor of higher mathematics (astronomy) at Wittenberg. Unpublished treatise or lecture on atmospheric refraction., transcriptas ab Erasmo Reinholt., Ms., Treatise., Caption title., Paper watermarked., Marbled wrappers., Written in two italic hands in ink, section headings in red., Three pen-and-ink diagrams.
Geology lectures
Professor Guyot's Geology class lectures at Princeton. Also contains a guest lecture entitled "The six days of the creation" delivered on April 6, '60., by Prof. Guyot., Holograph., "N. Perry Jr.", Section headings and marginal notes in red ink; tables in blue ink; corrections to text in pencil., One pen-and-ink diagram; four pen-and-ink maps; five pen-and-ink illustrations.
Prose de' signori accademici Gelati di Bologna ...
Discorso sopra le giostre, ed i tornei / Berlingiero Gessi -- Ristretto del trattato dell'arme delle famiglie intitolato l'Araldo / Gasparo Bombaci -- Dell'imprese accademiche lettera discorsiua / Francesco Carmeni -- Della filosofia morale / Alberto Caprara -- Perche nelle cantilene si adoperi la quinta diminuita, e la quarta superflua e non questa diminuita e quella superflua : come altres`i, per qual ragione si rigetti ogni sorte d'interuallo, o sia superfluo, o sia diminuito dalla Ottaua / Battista Sanuti Pellicani -- Cagioni fisiche degli effetti simpatici, ed antipatici / Ercolagostino Berò -- Che ogni scrittore illustrar dee l'idioma natiuo & anche arricchirlo talora con alcune forme giudiciosamente portate dal Latino / Giouanfrancesco Bonomi -- Della tragedia / Innocenzo Maria Fiorauanti -- Dell'isopo di Salomone / Ouidio Montalbani -- La politica, e la ragion di stato vnitamente con istorici tratti abbozzate / Alessandro Barbieri -- Il marmo augustale, in cui dichiarandosi vna antica iscrizione si ragiona copiosamente delle Terme, Bagni, Esercizi, e Giuochi degli antichi Romani / Giouambattista Capponi -- Delle sette de'filosofi, e del genio di filosofare / Antonio Felice Marsili -- Della musica / Girolamo Desideri -- Del metter' in carta / Angelmichele Guastauillani -- Sopra la sparizione d'alcune stelle, & altre nouità celesti / Geminiano Montanari., pubblicate sotto il principato accademico del Sig co. Valerio Zani., Edited by G.B. Capponi., Each contribution has author's emblem., P. 161-168 numbered on one side only., Library copy imperfect: p. 393-400 bound before p. 385., Signatures: A-V⁴ X⁸ Y-3H⁴., Engraved t.p.; head- and tail-pieces., Handwritten notes throughout text., Gift of James G. Harlow., Includes bibliographical references and index.
Opticks; or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light.
By Sir Isaac Newton, knt.
Naturhistorische Alpenreise.
Vorgelesen der Naturforschenden gesellschaft in Solothurn., Added t.-p., engr.
Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light.
Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures.
Description of a glass apparatus, for making mineral waters, like those of Pyrmont, Spa, Seltzer, &c., in a few minutes, and with a very little expence : together with the description of some new eudiometers, or instruments for ascertaining the wholsomene
in a letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley ; by J.H. de Magellan., Handwritten notes on p. 3., Includes bibliographical references., With: De la richesse minérale / M. Héron de Villefosse. Paris : J.B. Sajou, 1811.
Laws, etc.
"Peter von Rosennberg ... perckwerch ... meiner Stat zu Crumbnaw verlihen., Half title., Binder's title: Krummauer Bergwercks-Ordnung., DeGolyer Collection bookplate.
The life of Ellen H. Richards
by Caroline L. Hunt.
De cometis libelli tres. I. Astronomicvs, theoremata continens de motu cometarum ... qui annis 1607. & 1618. conspecti sunt ... II. Physicvs, continens physiologiam cometarum nouam ... III. Astrologicvs, de significationibus cometarum annorum 1607. & 1618
Avtore Iohanne Keplero., Parts 2 and 3 have separate title-pages; part 3 dated 1620 on t.p. and 1619 on colophon., The comet of 1607 was later called Halley's comet., Errors in pagination: p. 109-110 repeated; 6 unnumbered pages follow p. 98, and 5 unnumbered pages follow p. 110., Signatures: *⁴ , A-T⁴ (T4 blank) .