History of Science and Technology in Special Collections

In the History of Science collection one will find early editions of major works such as De Fabrica by Versalius and Opticks by Newtons. Materials on the History of Technology can be found in the technical papers of the Cleveland firms of Warner and Swasey and Charles F. Brush. In addition, the collections contain important early German, French, English, and American journals. The Natural History collection includes 220 plates of Audubon's Birds of America, Catesby's The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, and Travels of Lewis and Clark.