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Title: A steam engine designed by Denis Papin.
Caption: Illustration depicting a steam engine designed by Denis Papin. It had no piston, but used the steam pressure to raise water into a cistern. Water from the cistern then fell back, driving a water wheel as it did so. Denis Papin (1647-1713) a 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. Dated 18th century.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
Image size: 4879 × 4298 px | 60.0 MB
Print size: 41.3 × 36.4 cm | 1920.9 × 1692.1 in (300 dpi)