Denis Papin was an early pioneer in the study of steam pressure. In fact, Papin is credited with making the first real developments with steam since the time of Hero of Alexandria 1,500 years earlier. Papin was born in France on August 22, 1647. He...

1647-1712 French-born British Inventor, Engineer, and Physicist French-born engineer, physicist, and inventor Denis Papin was responsible for inventing the pressure cooker as well as other innovations. His most important contribution was developing the...

1647-1712 French physicist and inventor who developed several useful devices using steam as the source of power. These devices included a steam-powered version of Thomas Savery's pump used for de-watering mine shafts, the first engine to use...

Denis Papin (22 August 1647 - c. 1712) was a French physicist, mathematician and inventor, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam...

The Papin Sisters. By RACHEL EDWARDS and KEITH READER. (Oxford Studies in Modern European Culture) Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. viii+ 134 pp. 45 [pounds sterling]; $83.50 (pbk 14.99 [pounds sterling]; $24.50). ISBN 0-19-816011-9. On 4 October 1933, in an article on...

BAYERN MUNICH'S desire to field a team to match their lofty ambitions and magnificent arena was strengthened yesterday when they paid Milan pounds 2.1m for the Italians' unsettled striker, Jean-Pierre Papin. Eighteen years have elapsed since Germany's most famous club dominated Europe, and...