Collections of the Gdańsk Tech Library are available online in Polona | Gdańsk University of Technology

This includes all objects restored and digitized as part of the Social Responsibility of Science project, which was implemented in 2022-2024. Prints selected for earlier SON projects - 2019-2021 and 2021-2023—are also gradually being added.

Currently, 30 objects are available in Polona within two collections: old prints and collections published between 1801 and 1945.

Among the collections are, for example:

The three-volume work "Dioptricae", Ps. 1-3 (1769-1771) by L. Euler, in which the author described the properties of lenses, the construction of the telescope and microscope. 

"Architectonischen Wercken bestehend in allerhand Grund-Haupt-Rissen u. Profilen unterschiedener gebaude" t. 5 (ok. 1729) Johanna Rudolpha Fäscha shows plans and profiles of public buildings and palaces, their facades and architectural details. This work provides an excellent source of knowledge for restorers of historic buildings and enthusiasts of the history of architectural thought.

"Observationes astronomicae factae Dantisci, ab anno 1774 ad annum 1784" (1775) an essential work for the history of Gdansk and the development of science. The Gdansk naturalist, astronomer and physician described the meteorological observation post he created, located on Biskupia Górka, and the astronomical instruments it was equipped with.

Collections of the Gdańsk Tech Library