Denis Papin
French physicist, mathematician and inventor (1647–1713)
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Denis Papin designed the steam digester—basically the proto-pressure cooker—in the 1600s, then kept inventing: steam engines, centrifugal pumps, even a submarine concept. French Huguenot physicist who spent his career converting steam into machines.
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Denis Papin FRS was a French Huguenot physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker, the steam engine, the centrifugal pump, and a submersible boat.
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