the Netherlands

the Netherlands is in my opinion the best country in the world.
Not all the Dutch people but it's good as a country.

In the Netherlands, you can just be whoever you want to be.
In general, the Netherlands is liberal.
Then what is liberal?
"Freedom for innocent citizens, as much freedom as possible
for each individual until the same freedom is used to restrict the freedom
of others."
So restricting a freedom is not easy in the Netherlands.
For example, the freedom to have peace at night.
Or the freedom to have fun during the day.
As long as others are not bothered by it.

Certain Dutch characteristics are of course the windmills.
The beautiful meadows, fields of flowers and the large amount of water.

But what are Dutch discoveries and inventions?

WaveLAN, the predecessor of Wi-Fi was presented in 1987 by a group of
Dutch engineers in Nieuwegein.

Blu-Ray, DVD and CD
Dutchman Kees Schouhamer Immink had come up with the design
where after conversations at Toshiba, a common
DVD world standard has been released.
In 1979, he participated as a member of Sony/Philips engineers
in the design of the CD.
In 1995, the DVD entered the market while this was also the year
of the design of the Blu-ray disc by Kees Schouhamer Immink and others.
It took a long time before the first Blu-ray was actually
for sale.
Because of the frequency, a blue beam came instead of a red beam.
The name Blue-Ray was there but that could not be used because Blue
already has an attributed meaning.
As a result, Blu-Ray was eventually chosen.

Variomatic - CVT
Van Doorne's Trailer (=Aanhangwagen) Factory or DAF
has put the first Dutch car with an automatic transmission on the market.
The type of automatic transmission is called a Variomatic which later became
known as a continuously variable transmission.
In 1958, Hub van Doorne introduced the variomatic transmission system
with belt drive.
The centrifugal force is influenced by weights and a vacuum valve
in such a way that maximum engine torque can be utilized.
In addition, acceleration is also fast.
The technique is still used today.
E.g. in propeller planes where continuous acceleration is highly desirable.

Airfryer
Fred van der Weij developed the technology of the air fryer.
Philips worked with him to create a product so that
consumers can also use an air fryer.
Namely, the Airfryer.
However, it was developed with Rapid Air technology from the USA
which also has a patent on that part of the technology.
the technology for the consumer market is the Dutch part.
It was also Philips who introduced it in 2010 at the
Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin. (Radio exhibition Berlin)
That's where the largest consumer electronics fair is held every year.
In an airfryer you can heat up all kinds of things.
E.g. baguettes and croissants but also spring rolls, french fries,
bitterballen, frikandellen and hamburgers.
the price of an Airfryer varies approximately
between €45,- , €80,- and €345,-
depending on the brand, the size and external luxury.

Van Leeuwenhoekmicroscoop
Dutchman Antoni van Leeuwenhoek developed the Van Leeuwenhoek microscope
in the 17th century.
Antoni managed to greatly improve the principle of the microscope.
After the improvement, Antoni managed to make several discoveries.
E.g. single-celled organisms, embryonic lice, bacteria in a pepper infusion and
moving and dead sperm.

Oocyte fertilization
Dutchman Jan Swammerdam knew how to put the principle of a microscope
to good use.
He was one of the first to actually prove that the male sperm cell
fertilizes the female egg.
Jan Swammerdam discovered red blood cells.
He also described the structure of the brain, lungs and spinal cord.

Planetarium
Eise Eisinga has built a Planetarium.
Not just any, but the oldest Planetarium that is still working.
In 1778 he showed the Planetarium to the public.
The Planetarium in Franeker is also declared by UNESCO
as a world heritage site.

Pendulum Clock
Christiaan Huygens discovered and meant a lot
in Dutch history.
Huygens is the inventor of the pendulum clock.
His brother Constantijn junior made
a 12-foot (4-meter) telescope.
In 1655, Christiaan Huygens discovered the Saturn moon Titan
and in 1666 Christiaan discovered the rings around Saturn.
In addition, Christiaan Huygens wrote about
the Wave Theory of light and studied the double refraction of light
in Icelandic crystal and was one of the
first science fiction authors about extraterrestrial life.

South sea works
The closing off of the Zuiderzee (south see) was carried out
largely according to the plans of Cornelis Lely.
In 1891, he designed the concept of a closing dike, a "afsluitdijk".
Construction began in 1927.
By 1932, the afsluitdijk was there and the sea became a lake.
the Ijsselmeer.
A lot has been named after Cornelis Lely.
the towns of Lelystad in Flevoland in the Netherlands
and Lelydorp in the Lely Mountains (Lelygebergte) in Suriname.
the road Cornelis Lelylaan in Amsterdam.
the Amsterdam Lelylaan train and subway station and
Cornelis Lelyplein station square.
there are also streets named after him in:
Amstelveen, Arnhem, Breda, Deventer,
Dordrecht, Ede, Franeker, Harderwijk,
Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Heemstede, Heerlen, Huizen,
Hulst, Kampen, Leek, Leiden,
Lelystad (de Lelybaan), Maarssen, Middenmeer, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel,
Ridderkerk, Rijswijk, Scheveningen, Sliedrecht,
Terneuzen, Velsen, Vlissingen, Waalwijk,
Werkendam, Wolvega, Zutphen and Zwijndrecht.
the Lely pumping station in the Wieringermeer is also named after him.

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