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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.

Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light.
Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures.
A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, with the natural history of the herbs and trees, four-footed beasts, fishes, birds, insects, reptiles, &c. of the last of those islands; to which is prefix'd an introduction, w
By Hans Sloane.
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.
Albertus Durerus Nurembergensis pictor huius aetatis celeberrimus, versus è Germanica lingua in Latinum ... Quatuor his suaru[m] Institutionum geometricarum libris ... denuo ad scripti exemplaris fidem omnia diligenter recognita, emendatius iam in lucem e
Signatures: a⁴ A-P⁶ Q⁴., The illustrations on P6r and Q1r have folded flaps., Printer's device on t.p. and on leaf at end., Several errors in paging., Lib. III contains Dürer's expositions on the construction of letters, with many large woodcut specimens of roman capitals., With: Dürer, Albrecht. Alberti Dvreri pictoris et architecti ... De urbibus, archibus, castellísque compendis ... Parisiis : C. Wecheli, 1535.
Discorso al serenissimo Don Cosimo II, gran dvca di Toscana, intorno alle cose, che stanno in su l'acqua, o che in quella si muouono.
Printer's device on recto of leaf at end.
Mémoire sur les équations du mouvement relatif des systèmes de corps
par G. Coriolis., From the Journal de l'École Polytechnique publié par le Conseil d'instruction de cet établissement, Cahier 24, Tome XV.
Essays on the microscope; containing a practical description of the most improved microscope, a general history of insects ... an account of the various species and singular properties of the Hydrae and Vortivellae, a description of three undred and seven
by George Adams., Signatures: b2-c2, A2-I2, K2-U2, W2-Z2, Aa2-Ii2, Kk2-Uu2, Ww2-Zz2,3a2-3I2, 3K2-3U2, 3W2-3Z2, 4A2-4I2, 4K2-4T2., "A list of authors ... consulted in the compilation of these essays": p. xv-xviii.
Specimen lithographiae Helveticae curiosae quo lapides ex figuratis helveticis selectissimi aeri incisi sistuntur & describuntur.
Theory of the earth, with proofs and illustrations. In four parts.
Anothomia Mondini nuper optime emẽdata ac sũma diligẽtia ĩpressa.
Colophon: Impresse Venetijs per presbyte ... Bonetum Locatellũ bergomesuz. Mãdato ... sumptibus heredũ nobilis viri d.Octauiani Scoti ... Anno incarnationis òñice.septimo supra millesimũ quinquiesqz centesimum., Printer's device at end.
Opuscoli morali
di Leon Batista Alberti ... ne' quali si contengono molti ammaestramenti, necessarij al viuer de l'huomo, cosi posto in dignità, come priuato ; tradotti, & parte corretti da M. Cosimo Bartoli., Includes errata., Numerous errors in paging., Title within allegorical woodcut border; initials., Includes index.
Bible.
Presented by the Embassy of Israel to George C. McGhee, Dec. 1951., Gift of the McGhee Collection.