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French physicist Denis Papin's, steamboat being wrecked, 1707 (1870). Artist: Unknown

French physicist Denis Papin's, steamboat being wrecked, 1707 (1870). Artist: Unknown

1-158-433 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

French physicist Denis Papin's, steamboat being wrecked, 1707 (1870). The boatmen on the river Weser saw the boat powered by Papin's (1647-1712) steam engine as a threat to their jobs and destroyed the engine. From Vies des Savant Illustres by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1870).

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  1. Louis Figuier: French: Author, scientist
  2. Denis Papin: French: Scientist
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  1. Engraving
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