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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| DREBBEL, CORNELIUS JACOBSZ | Holland; England, 1572-1633, MIM OIM | Globe, 1621 = James I of England; Microscope, 1619 = X. | scholar who made a wide range of original instruments; invented baroscope; author; came to England in 1604-05 and was instrument maker to James I; made planetarium, etc; "Cor Drebel 1579" marked on diptych sundial, ADL-W236. | Alkmaar; Eltham, Ipswich. | Taylor 1(90); Rooseboom 1; Nachet; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Dawson 207; Tooley; Michel 22; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
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