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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.

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 Five volumes are unpublished: v. 18, Botany / by Asa Gray; v. 19, Geographical distribution of animals and plants / by Charles Pickering; v. 21-22, Ichthyology / by Louis Agassiz; v. 24,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
Erster[-vierdter] Tractat der mechanischen Instrumenten Levini Hulsii ...
v. 1. Gründtlicher ... Bericht dess ... Planimetra -- v. 2. ... Unterricht dess newen büchsen Quadrants -- v. 3. Beschreibung ... dess Jobst Burgi Proportional-cirkels -- v. 4. Gründtliche Beschreibung dess ... Instruments viatorii., Each volume has separate t.p.; each t.p. illustrated., Imprint varies: v. 1, 1604; v. 2, 4, Durch Wolffgang Richtern, in Verlegung des Authorn, 1603, 1605; v. 3, In Verlegung Leuini Hulsii wittib. 1604; v. 4, imprint date 1615. Cf. Poggendorff and Brit. Mus. Cat., Date on t.p. of v. 4 misprinted as MDV instead of MDCV., Two leaves of plates are printed on both sides., Bibliography: v. 1, p. 6-11.
De fvrtivis literarvm notis, vvlgo de ziferis libri IIII.
Ioan. Baptista Porta, Neapolitano avtore.
Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light.
Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures.
Hieronymi Fracastorii Homocentrica. Eivsdem De cavsis criticorvm diervm per ea qv in nobis svnt ...
Colophon: Venetiis, MDXXXVIII., Italic type., Several errors in paging., The Homocentrica was previously published under title: Homocentrica, sive, De stellis., Port. missing.
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.