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Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the builder of the first operational submarine in 1620 and an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry.
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science · Dutch engineer and inventor · inventor · submariner · chemist · printmaker · draftsperson · engineer · instrument maker · physicist · design engineer · engraver · also Cornelis Drebbel, Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel, Cornelis Jacobsz. Drebber, Cornelius Drebbel, Cornelis Jacobsz. Drebbel, Cornelis Drebber
Born 1572 · Died 17 November 1633 · Q365463
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New Atlas: Cornelis Drebbel built three submarine in the 1620s - they all worked
Died 1633-11-17.
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Born 1572.
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