- Johannes Sibertus Kuffler
Johannes Sibertus Kuffler [ Küffeler, Koffler.] (1595-1677) was a German inventor and chemist, from
Cologne . He started in a successfuldyeing business inLeiden , with his brother Abraham, and then moved it toBow, London [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22160] .] . In England he spent much effort promoting a 'secret weapon' (torpedo or submarine) for naval warfare, petioningRichard Cromwell .He married Catherina, daughter of
Cornelius Drebbel . Like his father-in-law, he contributed to technology, in the matter ofoven s that were self-regulating [ [http://www.bookrags.com/research/development-of-the-self-regulating--scit-0312345/ Development of the Self-Regulating Oven | Science and Its Times: 1450-1699 ] ] . He demonstrated a use asincubator to theRoyal Society .He was also an experimental alchemist. He was an associate of
Johann Glauber , and went into an alchemical venture withJohann Moriaen andBenjamin Worsley . [J. T. Young (1998), "Faith, Alchemy and Natural Philosophy: Johann Moriaen, Reformed Intelligencer, and the Hartlib Circle", Ch.2 ]He had a 1618 doctorate from the
University of Padua .Notes
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* [http://www.pepysdiary.com/p/3962.php Mentioned in the Diary of Samuel Pepys]
* [http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/workdiaries/Register.html]
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