Mathematician:Denis Papin

Mathematician

French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker and of the steam engine.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 22 August 1647 in Chitenay, Kingdom of France
• Died: 26 August 1713 in London, Kingdom of Great Britain

Publications

• 1707: Nouvelle manière pour lever l'eau par la force du feu

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Denis Papin": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive