Which kitchen appliance was invented by Denis Papin in 1679?
Denis Papin and worked with Robert Boyle from 1676 to 1679, publishing an account of his work in "Continuation of New Experiments" (1680). During this period, Papin invented the "steam digester," a type of pressure cooker with a safety valve. He first addressed the Royal Society in 1679 on the subject of his digester, and remained mostly in London until about 1687, when he left to take up an academic post in Germany. As a Huguenot, Papin found himself greatly affected by the increasing restrictions placed on Protestants by Louis XIV of France and by the King's ultimate revocation of the Edict
Denis Papin buried in an unmarked pauper's pit. A record exists for the burial of a “Denys Papin” in an 18th-century Register of Marriages & Burials which originally came from St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, but which is now stored in the London Metropolitan Archives. The record states that Denys Papin was buried at St Bride's on 26 August 1713 – just a few days after his 66th birthday - and that he was laid to rest in the Lower Ground, one of the two burial areas belonging to the church at the time. Boulevard Denis Papin in Carcassonne is named