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I cannot see how by any stretch of the imagination that Boyle and Papin can be said to be "examining Papin's digester". Papin is looking into space, whilst Boyle appears to be vaguely looking at the strange piece of furniture to Papin's right. The digester can be clearly seen behind them on the mantlepiece, whilst other devices of Papin's invention can be discerned on the top shelf behind them, i.e. the the steam piston and what looks like a cutaway digester. Also behind them is Papin's second engine. The drawing itself looks like a 19th Century illustration and it would be interesting to know its true source (not the website where the same lack of observation is evident).--John of Paris 13:01, 6 October 2007 (UTC)