Steam digester
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The steam digester or bone digester is a high-pressure cooker invented by French physicist Denis Papin in 1679. It is a device for extracting fats from bones in a high-pressure steam environment, whic
Robert Boyle and Denis Papin inspecting Papin's digester
Pressure cooker
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A pressure cooker is a sealed vessel used for cooking food with the use of high pressure steam and water or a water-based liquid, in a process called pressure cooking. The high pressure limits boiling
Steam digester
…steam environment, which also renders them brittle enough to be easily ground into bone meal. It is the forerunner of the autoclave and the domestic pressure cooker. The steam-release valve, which was invented for Papin's digester following various explosions of the earlier models, inspired the development of the…
A stovetop pressure cooker
A six-quart pressure cooker manufactured by Archibald Kenrick & Sons in England, c. 1890
Super cocotte décor SEB, 1973. Aluminium body, polyamide lacquered with an embossed aluminium lid and a stainless steel stirrup. On display at the Musée gallo-romain de Fourvière, Lyon. 18/10.
Second generation stove top pressure cooker with battery operated timer