Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪ ˈɕaːkɔpsoːn ˈdrɛbəl]; 1572 – 7 November 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the...
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HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (Dutch: Hr.Ms. or Zr.Ms. Cornelis Drebbel) may refer to the following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy that have been named after...
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Drebbel may refer to: Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633), Dutch scientist and inventor of the first navigable submarine Drebbel (crater), a lunar impact crater...
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HNLMS Cornelis Drebbel (A886) was a accommodation ship of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN). The ship was built in the Netherlands and replaced the former...
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(1932) Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633): http://www.drebbel.net/Tierie.pdf: 59 Tierie, Gerrit (1932) Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633): http://www.drebbel.net/Tierie...
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there exists reliable information was designed and built in 1620 by Cornelis Drebbel, a Dutchman in the service of James I of England. It was propelled...
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times of the Roman Empire. Sometimes attributed to Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel, the drops were often referred to as lacrymae Borussicae (Prussian...
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November 3 – Lucio Massari, Italian painter (b. 1569) November 7 – Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor (b. 1572) November 8 Xu Guangqi, Chinese astronomer...
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invention of the magic lantern. Giovanni Fontana, Leonardo da Vinci and Cornelis Drebbel described or drew image projectors that had similarities to the magic...
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examples of thermostatic control were built by a Dutch innovator, Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633), about 1620 in England. He invented a mercury thermostat...
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Tepenec Athanasius Kircher Raphael Mnishovsky Antonio Averlino Filarete Cornelis Drebbel Anthony Ascham Material Vellum Size ≈ 23.5 cm × 16.2 cm × 5 cm (9.3 in...
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inventor Cornelis Drebbel, an instrument about eighteen inches long, two inches in diameter, and supported on three brass dolphins. 1621: Cornelis Drebbel presents...
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first appeared in Europe around 1620 including one demonstrated by Cornelis Drebbel in London (around 1621) and one exhibited in Rome in 1624. The actual...
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lantern device has been attributed, such as Giambattista della Porta and Cornelis Drebbel, though Huygens's design used lens for better projection (Athanasius...
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called "nitre") in his popular science book Natural Magic. In 1620, Cornelis Drebbel demonstrated "Turning Summer into Winter" for James I of England, chilling...
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speculated that Bacon was inspired by contemporary men of science Cornelis Drebbel and Salomon de Caus, as well as author and courtier Sir Thomas Chaloner...
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designed by Robert Fulton and first tested in 1800. Though preceded by Cornelis Drebbel's vessel of 1620 and the Turtle,: 1–8 Nautilus is often considered...
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telescope patent in 1608), and claims it was invented by expatriate Cornelis Drebbel, who was noted to have a version in London in 1619. Galileo Galilei...
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spice trade Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633), builder of the first navigable submarine Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651), Flemish Baroque painter Cornelis de Graeff...
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global mechanism. While making a coloured liquid for a thermometer, Cornelis Drebbel dropped a flask of Aqua regia on a tin window sill, and discovered...
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publisher Adriaan Metius (1571–1635) a Dutch geometer and astronomer Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633) a Dutch engineer, in 1620 built the first navigable submarine...
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turned around to capture the surroundings in parts. Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel is thought to have constructed a box-type camera obscura which corrected...
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projecting mirror writing in his book Magia Naturalis. Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel, who is a likely inventor of the microscope, is thought to have had...
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atmospheric pressure and temperature was invented by Cornelis Drebbel in the early 17th century. Drebbel built as many as 18 of these, the two most notable...
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compound microscope. Other historians point to the Dutch innovator Cornelis Drebbel who demonstrated a compound microscope in London around 1621. Galileo...
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proposed by Johannes Kepler in 1611), and that (Adriaan) Metius and Cornelis Drebbel bought a telescope from him and his father in 1620 and copied it. Johannes...
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attributed to Zacharias Janssen (his son claiming it was invented in 1590), Cornelis Drebbel, and Galileo Galilei. 1630: Slide rule: invented by William Oughtred...
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bronze parabolic mirror trying to make a reflecting telescope. 1620: Cornelis Drebbel, funded by James I of England, builds the first 'submarine' made of...
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William Bourne (c. 1535 – 1582) and designed and built by Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel in 1620, with two more improved versions built in the following four...
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century. Shachtman says that King James VI and I supported the work of Cornelis Drebbel as a magician to perform tricks such as producing thunder, lightning...
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