definition
A pressure cooker is an autoclave designed for high-temperature cooking[1].
INVENTION
The French physicist and mathematician Denis Papin invented the presure cooker in 1679 in order to easily prepare bone broths and cook meats. Here is a labelled diagram[2] of his “steam digester” (as he called it):
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Here is a photograph[3] of a version of Papin’s original pressure cooker (or “steam digester”):
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inventor
Here is a painting[4] of Denis Papin:
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1647-1713
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