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Uitvinders van de Lage Landen 1500-1700

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723)
Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes YouTube Seeing the Invisible: van Leeuwenhoek's first glimpses of the microbial world : YouTube Lens Making in the 1600s: YouTube Pages about the life...
Johannes Joosten van Musschenbroek (1660 - 1707)
Instrument-maker* 1685 : aug-16 R'dam & M. van STRAATEN
Cornelis Drebbel (1572 - 1633)
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Christiaan Huygens (de eerste theoretische natuurkundige) (1629 - 1695)
He was a famous mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He invented the pendulum clock, the principal of the steamengine and a gunpowder engine. Jan Jansz Stampioen was for two years (1643-1645) his t...
Constantijn Huygens (1628 - 1697)
Constantijn Huygens Jr., Lord of Zuilichem was a Dutch statesman and poet, mostly known for his work on scientific instruments (sometimes in conjunction with his younger brother Christiaan Huygens). Bu...

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Cornelis Jacobsz Drebbel (1572-1633) - Built the first navigable submarine (1620)
Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) - applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making. became the leading theoretical mathematician in the Low Countries.
Nicolaas Hartsoeker (1656-1725) invented the screw-barrel simple microscope
Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712) - he significantly contributed to contemporary firefighting
Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) - invented a way to print on cotton
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)
Constantyn Huygens (1628-1697)
Zacharias Jansen (1585-1632) - invented the first optical telescope
Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater (1575-1650)
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Johannes Lippershey (1570-1619)
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Adriaan Metius (1571-1635)
Johan Joosten van Musschenbroeck (1660-1707)
Willebrord Snel van Royen (1580-1626)
Cornelis Cornelisz van Uitgeest (1550-1607)
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) - founder of modern human anatomy
Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) - corrected the Chinese calendar, designed the first steam car and a thermometer