Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library: Science

Items listed on this page are normally on display in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London.

You can find out more about selected items online. You can also check out opening times and get an overview of what the gallery contains.

• Galileo Galilei's first scientific publication, Sidereus Nuncius, 1610 C.112.c.3
• Materia Medica of Dioscorides translated into Arabic by Istifan ibn Basil, 1334 OR. 3366 (ff. 47v - 48)
• Splendor Solis', alchemical manuscript, Germany, 1582 Harley MS 3469 (ff. 27v - 28)
• Leonardo da Vinci: weights and movement. 1500 Arundel MS 263, folios 40v - 41 more...
• Leonardo da Vinci: studies of concave mirrors. 1504 Arundel MS 263, folios 86v - 87 (pictured above)
• Leonardo da Vinci: study of the course of the River Arno. 1504 Arundel MS 263, folios 148v - 149
• Leonardo da Vinci: drawings of musical instruments. 1503 - 1506 Arundel MS 263, folios 174v - 175
• Georg Bauer Agricola: De re metallica, Basle, 1556 C. 81.h.11
• William Harvey's notes from lectures and demonstrations. 1616 Sloane 230 (ff. 78v - 79)
• Sir Isaac Newton: Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. 1687 C. 58.h.4
• Letter from Newton to Robert Hooke, 13th December 1679 Add. MS 37021 folio 56
• Letter from Charles Darwin to AR Wallace, 13 November 1859 Add. MS 46434 folio 18
• Chinese medical work on edibles, Hangzhou, preface dates 1691 15251.e.4
• Tractatis de Herbis (Herbal from Salerno) c. 1280 - 1300 Egerton MS 747 (ff. 68v - 69)
• Chinese acupuncture chart, early 19th century 1321.d
• William Harvey: Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis. Frankfurt 1628 C.54.bb.30 (1)