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| style="vertical-align: top; width: 526px;" | <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small;">"He (Drebbel) stressed his independence also within his natural philosophy, presenting himself as an enthusiastic author writing for enthusiastic readers. Both Drebbel’s writing of his book, ''<font color="#0000FF">On the Nature of the Elements</font>'', and the reader’s reading of it required personal discovery. He included a special demonstration, the subject of the only illustration in the text, which he encouraged the reader to reconstruct for himself in order, as Drebbel said, to understand his theory better than he could express it in words."</span></div><div><br/></div><span style="font-size: small;"><font color="#000000">Dr. V Keller, Cornelis Drebbel (1572-1633): Fame and the making of Modernity, 2008</font></span><br/> | | style="vertical-align: top; width: 526px;" | <div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small;">"He (Drebbel) stressed his independence also within his natural philosophy, presenting himself as an enthusiastic author writing for enthusiastic readers. Both Drebbel’s writing of his book, ''<font color="#0000FF">[https://drebbel.net/1608%20Drebbels%20Booklet%20On%20the%20Nature%20of%20the%20Elements.pdf On the Nature of the Elements]</font>'', and the reader’s reading of it required personal discovery. He included a special demonstration, the subject of the only illustration in the text, which he encouraged the reader to reconstruct for himself in order, as Drebbel said, to understand his theory better than he could express it in words."</span></div><div><br/></div><span style="font-size: small;"><font color="#000000">Dr. V Keller, Cornelis Drebbel (1572-1633): Fame and the making of Modernity, 2008</font></span><br/> | ||
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Dossier about books and documents written by Cornelis Drebbel.
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Note: Books marked with * are available in digital format