Digestor de vapor de Denis Papin (1679), grabado en madera, publicado en 1893 - Ilustración de stock

Steam digester, the forerunner of the pressure cooker - created (1679) by Denis Papin (French physicist, mathematician and inventor, 1647 - 1713). The steam-release valve, which was invented for Papin's digester following various explosions of the earlier models, inspired the development of the piston-and-cylinder steam engine. Wood engraving, published in 1893.