Chemist Scientist: Cornelis Drebbel

Nov 16, 2012, 12:46 IST

Drebbel was an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry. A theory in Renaissance Magazine speculates that the Voynich Manuscript may be Drebbel's cipher notebook on microscopy and alchemy.

Name of the Scientist: Cornelis Drebbel 

 

Category of Research:  Chemistry

 

 Born: 1572

 

Died: 1633

 

Contributions: Drebbel was an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry. A theory in Renaissance Magazine speculates that the Voynich Manuscript may be Drebbel's cipher notebook on microscopy and alchemy.

 

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