Talk:Cornelis Drebbel

message: With our anonymous vandalizer, I somewhat agree that the "Drebbel in popular culture" section is somewhat silly, to put it mildly, and that a better one might also mention some interesting stuff like the recent experimental archaeology reconstruction of his submarine, and so on, rather than DVD diversions.  If anyone wanted to rewrite that, it would probably be good. IanClysdale 05:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The article states: "Drebbel became famous for his 1619 invention of a microscope with two convex lenses." But the article on the microscope doesn't even mention him, and Sacharias Jansen says is credited with inventing the first compound microscope. This could use some clarification, and there are some wikilinks that are clearly missing.--76.167.77.165 (talk) 01:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've expanded this section and added a few references.  JoJan (talk) 18:54, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: invention of microscope

message: :File:The Drebbel - geograph.org.uk - 7165.jpg.©Geni 19:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo of a reproduction of the sub

message: My recollection is that potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate go to the nitrite and oxygen.  The assertion that the reaction yields sodium oxide or hydroxide is, I think, completely wrong.  I lack the certainty I would need to change thisd, so I leave it to others, better qualified.McManly (talk) 02:20, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Chemistry question

message: Drebbel's first name was Cornelis, not Cornelius. This should be corrected in the headline of the article. I would like to do that, but do not know how.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.166.227.137 (talk) 10:58, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've moved the article to Cornelis Drebbel, as Cornelis was his actual first name.  See :  Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel  JoJan (talk) 14:48, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drebbel's first name 

message: I have here a user page with new material on Drebbel based on a German 2011 paper. Some could be in the already good article. -- Portolanero (talk) 16:45, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  News on Drebbel 

message: The Submarine section had a paragraph on how he "likely generated oxygen by heating nitre..": Apart from the grammatical fault, this is pure speculation so far as I know. I've reduced it to an edit note; does  anyone have a source saying he did this (or even one suggesting he might have done this)? failing  that it'll need to be deleted. Xyl 54 (talk) 23:30, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Submarine 

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message: The section "Yellow Dye" seems to be misnamed, or an explanation should be given for this name. The only references to dyes are carmine, and Bow dye, which are both red. Why is this section so named?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:602:8480:3343:CC92:E7E:36D8:BE44 (talk) 02:32, 3 October 2019 (UTC)
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