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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.

Notes of nine lectures on the Alps, glaciers, glacial theory delivered by Professor Agassiz at the Masonic Temple, Boston, 1847
J.J.D., Holograph., Pen and ink drawings throughout text.
De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes, maximis impensis et vigiliis elaborati, adiectis earvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus, nunquam antea ad naturae imitationem artificiosius effictis & expressis
Leonharto Fvchsio ... autore ... Accessit ... ijs succincta admodum uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio. Vna cum quadruplici indice, quorum primus quidem stirpium nomenclaturas graecas, alter latinas, tertius officinis seplasiariorum & herbarijs usitatas, quartus germanicas continebit., Col. title vignette.
Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology
by the Rev. William Buckland ...
An astronomical catechism : or, Dialogues between a mother and her daughter
by Catherine Vale Whitwell ; illustrated with numerous engravings., Book plate: Ex Libris Docteur R. Rickeart., Includes bibliographical references.
L'atmosphère; météorologie populaire;
ouvrage contenant quinze planches tirées en chromotypographie, deuz cartes en couleur et trois cent sept figures insérées dans le texte., Published also under titles: L'atmosphère : descriptions des grands phénomènes de la nature; and L'atmosphère et les grands phénomènes de la nature., "Appendice": p. [787]-804.
Strata identified by organized fossils, containing prints on colored paper of the most characteristic specimens in each stratum.
Bound with the author's Stratigraphical system of organized fossils. London, 1817.
Map of Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
Crowder Mercantile and Investment Company., "Showing segregation of coal and asphalt land"--Panel., Date from map verso., "Matters of interest concerning lands of Choctaw Nation"--Map verso.
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.
Organic remains of a former world. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils.
v. 2 published by Nornaville and Fell; v. 3, by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones.
Principles of geology; being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation.
By Charles Lyell, esq., The word "two" in the phrase "In two volumes" on t.-p. of v.1 changed in manuscript to read 3., Appendices: I. Tables of fossil shells by Monsieur G. P. Deshayes.--II. Lists of fossil shells chiefly collected by the author in Sicily and Italy, named by M. Deshayes., Bibliographical footnotes.
Notes of nine lectures on the Alps, glaciers, glacial theory delivered by Professor Agassiz at the Masonic Temple, Boston, 1847
J.J.D., Holograph., Pen and ink drawings throughout text.
De rerum fossilium, lapidum et gemmarum maximè
Leaves are printed on both sides., Publisher's information from Wellisch, H. Conrad Gessner: a bio-bibliography, 1975, no. 63., Printer's device ("A.G.") on t.p. and on leaf 169b., Errata: leaf 169a., Issued also as part [8] of his De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis ... see Ley, W. Konrad Gesner, Leben und Werk, 1929, p. 456., Signatures: 2A-2Y⁸., Stamp on p. [2] of cover: E. DeGolyer, his book.