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Cornelis Drebbel
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<p>Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch engineer and inventor. He was the builder of the first operational <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">submarine</a> in 1620 and an innovator who contributed to the development of <a href="/facts/Measurement/rsLLbn1s">measurement</a> and <a href="/facts/Control_systems/8CEjIDlS">control systems</a>, <a href="/facts/Optics/p0vq4S1T">optics</a> and <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a>. </p>