DENIS PAPIN

BIOGRAPHY

• Born on August 22,1647 in Blois, France
• Denys Papin and Magdeleine Pineau
• University of Angers, Medical Degree
• Died in 1712.

EXPERIENCES

• Christiaan Huygen's assistant
• Many experiments:- vacuum
• Work with Robert Boyle

WORKS

• Wrote about pressure cooker
• Professor of Mathematics, University of Marburg
• First piston and cylinder steam engine
• Man-powered paddlewheel boat

WHY SHOULD HE BE IN THE HALL OF FAME?

• Pressure cooker cooks faster
• Industrial Revolution
• Mining
• Power to nuclear power plants(electricity)