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Title: Papin's Digester
Publication Information: Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Santa Clara University
Collection: Santa Clara University Archives ClaraVision Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Permission to copy or publish any portion of SCU Archives materials must be given by Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections.
Description: This instrument allowed water to be heated to a temperature higher than boiling point at atmospheric pressure, resulting in considerably high pressure inside. Papin designed a model of a digester in 1680 that allowed a piston inside a cylinder to move as a result of the action of the steam pressure produced by the heating of the water (http://www.uc.pt/ihti/proj/fisica/81ing.htm).
Type: image
Format: image
Identifier: http://content.scu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/claravision/id/247
Language: English
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments
Santa Clara University (Calif.)
Place: Santa Clara (Calif.)
Source: sci.inst.325974
Relation: Santa Clara College 19th Century Scientific Instruments Collection

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