Cornelius Drebbel
1572-1633
Dutch instrument maker best known as one of the possible inventors of the thermometer. His famous perpetual-motion clock—actually an astronomical clock—operat...
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Cornelius Drebbel
1572-1633
Dutch Alchemist, Inventor, and Engineer
Cornelius Drebbel is best known as one of the possible inventors of the thermometer. A celebrated wonder-worker in his day, Drebbel&...
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The First SubA Dutch
inventor called Cornelius
Drebbel
created the first working submarine while he was living in
England
in 1620. A leather-encased wooden boat propelled by 12 oarsmen, it made...
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Cornelius Drebbel
A Brief History of the Submarine
