{"id":191,"date":"2018-05-01T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlibwwwcit.services.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/?p=191"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:44:07","slug":"history-of-science-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/history-of-science-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Science Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The John Hay houses a large <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collatoz\/info.php?id=65\">History of Science Collection<\/a> which includes extensive holdings of old and rare editions of early scientific texts as well as now outdated and pseudoscientific texts. Geographically and temporally broad, the collection includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/bookplates\/honoree.php?id=11\">Pingree Collection<\/a>, which focuses on ancient Indic sciences and includes a number of works in Sanskrit covering a range of topics in astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. The Hay is actively working to build holdings on science in the Islamic world, and the library recently acquired an Arabic edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/josiah.brown.edu\/record=b8344675~S5\">Kitab al-Qanun<\/a>, a&nbsp;compendium of medical knowledge compiled by Persian scholar Ibn Sina. The tome was highly influential in Europe and East Asia for centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particularly strong areas in the collection are mathematics and astronomy, as the collection holds early editions of works by Galileo, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Newton, and more. This copy of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.brown.edu\/catalog\/b1161563\">Sidereus Nuncius<\/a><\/em> by Galileo includes the signature of his assistant, Vincenzo Viviani, on the bottom of the title page.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"su_carousel_6a5a46414f708\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-no su-carousel-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"4\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7356.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sidereus nuncius, or Starry Messenger, by Galileo Galilei. Signature of his assistant, Vincenzo Viviani, on the bottom of the title page.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7356.jpg\" alt=\"Sidereus nuncius, or Starry Messenger, by Galileo Galilei. Signature of his assistant, Vincenzo Viviani, on the bottom of the title page.\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Sidereus nuncius, or Starry Messenger, by Galileo Galilei. Signature of his assistant, Vincenzo Viviani, on the bottom of the title page.<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7357.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7357.jpg\" alt=\"Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7358.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7358.jpg\" alt=\"Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Signature of Vincenzo Viviani on bottom of title page of Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Marginalia in Starry Messenger, possibly in Galileo\u2019s hand\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7360.jpg\" alt=\"Marginalia in Starry Messenger, possibly in Galileo\u2019s hand\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Marginalia in Starry Messenger, possibly in Galileo\u2019s hand<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7361.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of the moon in Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7361.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of the moon in Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of the moon in Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7362.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of half moon in Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7362.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of half moon in Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of half moon in Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7364.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of the Pleiades constellation in Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7364.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of the Pleiades constellation in Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of the Pleiades constellation in Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7365.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of Orion Nebula in Starry Messenger\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7365.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of Orion Nebula in Starry Messenger\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of Orion Nebula in Starry Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notable materials include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Records of astronomical observations taken in Providence, RI. In the 1800s, Providence astronomers observed the transit of Venus; Transit and Planet Streets by Wickenden Street now commemorate the spot of observation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many editions of Euclid&#8217;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.brown.edu\/catalog\/b1140911\">Elements of Geometry<\/a><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>including a volume with pop-up polygraphic forms that demonstrate the planar relationships in geographic shapes.\u00a0<em>Elements <\/em>was the most popular university text in mathematics for more than 2000 years before the modern era.\u00a0The 1570 edition, the first edition printed in English, was printed with an additional fifty-five woodcuts on separate sheets that were then attached to the according leaves. The Hay owns many different European editions and printings of the text, including versions in <a href=\"http:\/\/josiah.brown.edu\/record=b1248293~S5\">Hebrew<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/josiah.brown.edu\/record=b1389827~S5\">Arabic<\/a>, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/josiah.brown.edu\/record=b1158583~S7\">attempt<\/a> to print the tome in color.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div id=\"su_carousel_6a5a46415b2e3\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-no su-carousel-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"4\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7367.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7367.jpg\" alt=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7368.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7368.jpg\" alt=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Tree of subject fields in Euclids\u2019 \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7369.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclid\u2019s \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7369.jpg\" alt=\"Tree of subject fields in Euclid\u2019s \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Tree of subject fields in Euclid\u2019s \u201cElements of Geometry\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7373.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7373.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7372.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"A rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid in the foreground and one tetrahedron in the background\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7372.jpg\" alt=\"A rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid in the foreground and one tetrahedron in the background\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">A rectangular pyramid and pentagonal pyramid in the foreground and one tetrahedron in the background<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7375.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up tetrahedron\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7375.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up tetrahedron\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up tetrahedron<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7379.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of various prisms in Euclid\u2019s Elements\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7379.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of various prisms in Euclid\u2019s Elements\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of various prisms in Euclid\u2019s Elements<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7376.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up pieces of a triangular prism\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7376.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up pieces of a triangular prism\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up pieces of a triangular prism<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7380.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7380.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7382.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7382.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7381.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7381.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figure designs. Users could cut out the designs and build their own figures. Akin to contemporary geometry curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7385.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7385.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7384.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7384.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figure depicting planar geometry<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7393.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-up figures depicting planes\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7393.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up figures depicting planes\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-up figures depicting planes<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7392.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pop-ups of planar images\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7392.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-ups of planar images\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Pop-ups of planar images<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7394.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematic of sphere\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7394.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic of sphere\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematic of sphere<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7395.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"...\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7395.jpg\" alt=\"...\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">...<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7396.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Schematics of polyhedrons\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/IMG-7396.jpg\" alt=\"Schematics of polyhedrons\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Schematics of polyhedrons<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the biological and medical side of science, this collection includes early medical texts that were among the first to use illustrations. Some of the anatomical texts in the collection employ advanced imaging techniques, such as color lithography and 3D photography. One such device, a stereoptician viewer, is a gadget now used to view three-dimensional pictures of landscapes, but was initially used to use x-rays.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-596\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/Herbarium-4.jpg\" alt=\"Page from Herbarum vivae eicones displaying detailed drawing of a plant\" class=\"wp-image-596\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Page from Herbarum vivae eicones displaying detailed drawing of two plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-595\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/02\/Herbarium-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-595\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cover of Herbarum vivae eicones, a mid-16th century herbal bound in recycled sheet music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The History of Science Collection additionally has significant collections of herbals, large tomes filled with schematics of various plants, such as&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.brown.edu\/catalog\/b1162486\">Herbarum vivae eicones: ad nature imitationem<\/a>, <\/em>printed in 1530 and bound in recycled sheet music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/josiah.brown.edu\/search~S7\/a?search=history+of+science+collection&amp;searchscope=07&amp;SORT=D\">Search History of Science materials<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/collatoz\/cluster.php?cluster_id=14\">More information on related collections<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.brown.edu\/historyofscience\">History of Science and Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John Hay houses a large History of Science Collection which includes extensive holdings of old and rare editions of early scientific texts as well as now outdated and pseudoscientific texts. Geographically and temporally broad, the collection includes the Pingree Collection, which focuses on ancient Indic sciences and includes a number of works in Sanskrit <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/history-of-science-collection\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  History of Science Collection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[18,20,35,38,54,55],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collections","tag-astronomy","tag-biology","tag-geometry","tag-history-of-science","tag-mathematics","tag-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}