Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist and Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870. Artist: Unknown

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Robert Boyle, 17th century Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist, in his laboratory with Denis Papin, French physicist, 1870. Papin (1647-1712) is pointing to Boyle's (1627-1691) air pump, probably during the discussion between Boyle and Papin on the use of atmospheric pressure to raise water.

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