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    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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  • 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 (Dutch: Hr.Ms. or Zr.Ms. Cornelis Drebbel) may refer to the following ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy that have been named...
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    Drebbel is a small lunar impact crater named after Cornelius Drebbel that is located to the northeast of the large walled plain Schickard, in the southwestern...
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  • Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1633): http://www.drebbel.net/Tierie.pdf: 63 Tierie, Gerrit (1932) Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633): http://www.drebbel.net/Tierie...
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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 being...
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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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    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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    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 by means...
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    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 to be...
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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 (also...
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    to Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1574. The Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel was employed in the Office of Ordnance by King Charles I of England to...
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    the late 19th century. In the early 17th century, the Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel, in the employ of King James I of England, invented the spar torpedo; he...
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  • "explosive gold" in first half of 17th century. In 1630, Van Drebbel (Cornelis Drebbel?) investigated fulminate of mercury and "explosive gold". In 1690...
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    inventors; namely: Galileo, Santorio Santorio, Robert Fludd, and Cornelius Drebbel. However, the general pneumatic principle of the thermoscope was used in...
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    BCE. Negative feedback was implemented in the 17th century. Cornelius Drebbel had built thermostatically controlled incubators and ovens in the early...
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    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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    are usually considered to be Galileo, Santorio, Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel, or British mathematician Robert Fludd.: 5  Though Galileo is often said...
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    of the magic lantern. Giovanni Fontana, Leonardo da Vinci and Cornelis Drebbel described or drew image projectors that had similarities to the magic lantern...
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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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    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 some...
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    device has been attributed, such as Giambattista della Porta and Cornelis Drebbel, though Huygens's design used lens for better projection (Athanasius Kircher...
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    systems including temperature regulators (invented in 1624; see Cornelius Drebbel), pressure regulators (1681), float regulators (1700) and speed control...
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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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    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, lions...
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    appeared in Europe around 1620 including one demonstrated by Cornelis Drebbel in London (around 1621) and one exhibited in Rome in 1624. The actual inventor...
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    "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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    regulate tank water level in the flush toilet. The Dutch inventor Cornelius Drebbel (1572-1633) built thermostats (c1620) to control the temperature of chicken...
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  • Zacharias Janssen (his son claiming it was invented in 1590), Cornelis Drebbel, and Galileo Galilei. 1630: Slide rule: invented by William Oughtred 1642:...
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    Francis Bacon Giordano Bruno Tommaso Campanella Nicholas of Cusa Cornelis Drebbel Desiderius Erasmus Marsilio Ficino Pietro Pomponazzi Francesco Guicciardini...
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