Engraved frontispiece showing pressure cookers opposite the title page to a book suggesting the use of steam as a force to drive an engine Classic, Historic Reproduction

This rare historical print captures Engraved frontispiece showing pressure cookers opposite the title page to a book suggesting the use of steam as a force to drive an engine Classic in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Library of Congress record: Created 1681 Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: A new digester or engine for softning bones, ..... by Denis Papin M.D. London : Printed by J. M. for H. Bonwicke, 1681. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology .... Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 139. Frontispieces 1680-1690.Title pages 1680-1690.Engravings 1680-1690.

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