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Which of these did Cornelis Drebbel invent in 1620?
Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (1572 – 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry. He was born in Alkmaar, Holland, and was educated at schools in Alkmaar and Haarlem.
He became a skilled engraver on copperplate and worked as a painter, engraver and cartographer; but he also found opportunities to develop a range of inventions. In 1598 he obtained a patent for a water-supply system and a sort of perpetual clockwork. In 1600 Drebbel was in Middelburg where he built a fountain at the Noorderpoort, learned the art of lens grinding, and later constructed a magic lantern and a camera obscura.
Drebbel was invited to move to England and worked at Eltham Palace on masques to be performed for the court. He astonished the court with a demonstration of a perpetual motion machine, automatic and hydraulic organs, and his optical instruments.
In 1620, while working for the Royal Navy, Drebbel manufactured an oar-powered, steerable submarine with a leather-covered wooden frame. By 1624 he successfully tested two more submarines. One model could carry 16 passengers, stay submerged for three hours, and cruise at a depth between 4 and 5 metres (about 12 to 15 feet). It was tested many times in the Thames, but it could not attract enthusiasm from the Admiralty and was never used in combat.
Drebbel died in near-poverty in London; a reconstruction of his submarine sits in a yard by Richmond Bridge.
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