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Corneliszoon's wind-powered sawmill used a crankshaft to convert a windmill's circular motion into a back-and-forward motion powering the saw. This allowed wood to be cut at high precision and at a much faster rate (30 times faster) than could be achieved manually. Crankshaft, pistons, and flywheel Continental engine marine crankshafts, 1942 For the comic strip about an old, curmudgeonly bus driver, see Crankshaft (comic strip). ... Spanish Windmills at La Mancha A windmill is an engine powered by the wind to produce energy, often contained in a large building as in traditional post mills, smock mills and tower mills. ...

In 1594 Corneliszoon built the first sawmill, a small mill which floated on a raft. In 1595 the mill was sold and moved to Alkmaar. The remains of the mill were accidentally discovered in 2004 during excavations along the Noordhollandsch Kanaal canal. Accijnstoren, Alkmaar Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. ... The canal runs the length of the province of North-Holland. ...

Corneliszoon was granted a patent on his crankshaft invention in 1597. His sawmill soon developed into a more advanced version, the paltrokmolen (post mill), which played a key part in the economic success of the Dutch Republic during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th Century by enabling the mass construction of ships for overseas trade. The mill turned the Zaan district, north of Amsterdam, into the world's first industrial area. A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which... Crankshaft, pistons, and flywheel Continental engine marine crankshafts, 1942 For the comic strip about an old, curmudgeonly bus driver, see Crankshaft (comic strip). ... Pitstone Windmill, an early 17th Century post mill The post mill is the earliest type of windmill. ... Map of Dutch Republic by Joannes Janssonius United Netherlands redirects here. ... Rembrandt The Nightwatch (1642) The Dutch Golden Age (1584-1702) was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ...

In addition to inventing the sawmill, Cornelis Corneliszoon also held various other mill-related patents, including an early version of a centrifugal pump. A sawyer who specialized in building windmills, he was married to Trijn Pieters, daughter of the miller of flour mill "De Krijger" on the Meldijk in Uitgeest. It is not known when exactly he died; it was sometime between 1600 and 1607. A street in Uitgeest is named for him. A Centrifugal Pump is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to increase the pressure of a fluid. ... Look up sawyer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pitstone Windmill, believed to be the oldest windmill in the British Isles A windmill is an engine powered by the energy of wind. ... A miller is a person who operates a mill for grinding material and usually refers to one who grinds a cereal crop to make flour. ... Uitgeest (population: 11,783 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Uitgeest (population: 11,783 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

Namesakes

Corneliszoon should not be confused with contemporary namesakes such as:

• Painter Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem
• Naval commander Cornelis Cornelisz Jol, popularly known as "Kapitein Houtebeen" ("Captain Pegleg")
• Polar explorer Cornelis Cornelisz Nay.

(1599) Venus and Adonis (1614) Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem ( Haarlem, 1562 - Haarlem, November 11, 1638), Dutch painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Mannerist artists in The Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals. ... Before the Battle of the Downs by Reinier Nooms, ca. ...

External links

• Industrial Heritage Park De Hoop
• Historische Vereniging Alkmaar Corneliszoon's first sawmill in Alkmaar