papin
Papin is a surname most notably associated with Denis Papin, a French physicist and inventor who lived from 1647 to around 1712. He is best known for designing the steam digester, a pressure vessel that used high-temperature steam to cook and process materials; the device is often described as an early form of the pressure cooker and a precursor to industrial steam boilers. His experiments demonstrated the harnessing of steam pressure to perform work and informed early ideas about thermodynamics and propulsion.
In addition to the digester, Papin devised early piston-and-cylinder concepts and conducted experiments with vacuum produced
Biographical notes: Papin was born in Blois, France. He studied mathematics and physics in France and pursued
Legacy: Papin’s digester and related experiments contributed to the development of safe pressure vessels and, more