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Dutch chemist Hendrik Jacobus Prins discovered two new organic reactions, both now carrying the name Prins reaction. The first was the addition of polyhalogen compounds to olefins , was found during Prins doctoral research, while the others, the acid-catalyzed addition of aldehydes to olefinic compounds, became of industrial relevance.
The following list is composed of objects, (largely) unknown lands, breakthrough ideas/concepts, principles, phenomena, processes, methods, techniques, styles that were discovered or invented by people from the Netherlands.
The Dutch ship, Duyfken, led by Willem Janszoon, made the first documented European landing in Australia in 1606. [9] Although a theory of Portuguese discovery in the 1520s exists, it lacks definitive evidence. [10] [11] [12] Precedence of discovery has also been claimed for China, [13] France, [14] Spain, [15] India, [16] and even Phoenicia. [17]
Later Dutch gables with flowing curves became absorbed into Baroque architecture. Examples of Dutch-gabled buildings can be found in historic cities across Europe such as Potsdam (Dutch Quarter), Friedrichstadt, Gdańsk and Gothenburg. The style spread beyond Europe, for example Barbados is well known for Dutch gables on its historic buildings.
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List of Dutch inventions and innovations; Lists of Dutch inventions and discoveries; M. List of monarchs of the Netherlands; N. History of Dutch nationality;
List of Dutch discoveries; List of Dutch inventions and innovations; Lists of Dutch inventions and discoveries; D. History of the Delft University of Technology;